I feel big changes on the way.

[samhain]

I think that there is very little chance of change coming outside FA. The message is already out from the mothership. Expectations are being lowered.

I think they'll let Eifert walk and hope that they can squeeze compensatory picks (in 2019) out of him and McCarron. You can't have more FAs come in than go out if you're dead set on playing the comp pick game, so they'll likely base what they do on that. This factor makes it an even better decision let Bodine leave and have another outgoing (and awful) FA, but apparently they love the guy.

Between that and the prioritization of the Atkins/Dunlap extensions, I don't see a serious foray into FA in the cards.

The team will sell the staff changes as the only thing the team needs to get better. They will tell fans that they think they are close to being a very good team, and that the core is in place. They'll also talk about having 11 draft picks and how expensive it will be to sign them, let alone find spaces on the roster for outside FAs with all the rookies coming in.