Any news on the tag?

[Wes Mantooth]

(03-09-2021, 05:05 PM)Au165 Wrote: Who are these two "really good veterans" you are getting for a combined 17.75? With Lawson gone you need two ends now too as Hubbard isn't really giving you anything as a pass rusher, so can you find two pass rushers for 17.75? Are either under 30 or are we going with big names who used to be good?

This makes no sense.

Your argument is to keep Lawson to fill one DE spot.

My alternative that I offered has resulted in you challenging me to fill two DE spots.  It also appear you set an age requirement, or "big names"???

My point was that you could target a DE in FA, to replace Lawson @ a range of 5-11 million dollars per.  (I know this is wide range, but it's a large market and it's dependent on how we value other positions)

This would leave you with anywhere between 6 to 11 million to spend elsewhere (DT, LB, CB, another DE).

So the question comes down to this:  Would you rather keep Carl Lawon at 17 million, or would you rather you use that 17 million on multiple players that can help the defense?

Keep in mind, I didn't even say that one approach is necessarily the best, or fool proof.  I brought all of this up to point out how ridiculous it is to assume that if you're not for keeping Lawson and Jackson then you're automatically ignoring the defense, and that you only care about "toys" (whatever that means).