Veteran Safety being considered

[Essex Johnson]

(03-06-2024, 05:42 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: You are not wrong there either. We will have to settle in some spots. But we also have $44 mil in cap space. Plus it an extremely deep draft at OT, WR, and CB. At other spots, it is not gonna take much for an upgrade (Irv Smith, Robbins). 

Again, I will lay it out. 

1. FA #1. NT/DT. We bring Reader back. Say it isn't cheap. $10 mil. $34 mil in space. By Thanksgiving he is back to himself. Call it a wash. Again, I think it probably costs less (Y1), but maybe not.

2. FA #2. DT. Go big and bring in Wilkins. $25 mil. This is a huge upgrade to Hill. And Hill is a huge upgrade to Carter/Tupou as the #3 DT once Reader is back and he & Wilkins start. Plus, Wilkins is good enough to hold up vs the run with Hill until DJ gets back. If Reader is MORE expensive, I can always shift to L. Williams instead of Wilkins. $5-$8 mil cheaper, I'd expect. Still a BIG upgrade. $35 mil for DJ +1 DT. I don't think that is unrealistic cost wise.

3. FA #3. $9 mil left. FA safety. A vet in this market should be able to be had for $6 mil (or less). $5 mil left if we cut Scott. 

4. FA: value vet at TE. Hurst, Henry, etc. $5 mil should be more than enough. 

It is tight, but we just upgraded DT, S, and TE. 

#18 is RT. Immediate upgrades if Fuaga or Latham are there. If it is just Guyton or Mims, I try to move down a couple spots for a Day 2 pick. Maybe they are a wash with Jonah year 1 but with tons more upside. I can live with that. 

#49 is CB4 or WR3. #80 the other. IDK if we will get better than Boyd/Chido here, but neither were that good last year, and these guys will be cheaper. Pearsall/R. Wilson/Tampa + Melton/Carson/Hart/Jackson/Newton/J. Wilson/Corley. I will take it. 

Rd4. Take a TE to give you cushion or to take over for Hurst soon. Stover, Sinnott, or Johnson would be fantastic if they fall. Might even reach for Bell or Tip Reiman. 

Take Taylor in the 5th. That is a P upgrade. 

Last 4 picks, whatever I can get: IOL, RB, another DB, NT, LB. I live with the rest. 

I feel comfortable bringing back: Hudson, C. Sample, ADG, Ford, Scharping, Irwin, Tupou, Bailey, Bachie, and T. Williams to fill in holes. 

If I cannot get a stud DT, I shift to Onwenu. And the puck at #18 opens up (JPJ, Bowers, Murphy, CB1, etc). 

#1 is a big red flag, from what i read, the expectation is he is not going to be ready for the season, no team is going to be signing him for 10 million without clearing to play... the bengals would be wasting $$ to sign him to 10 million and miss games right off the bat. Now if circumstances change maybe, they have to draft a DT with Reader issue and Hill being a FA in 2025.