Updated cap space

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(03-23-2020, 12:33 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yes and no. Their LBs are still completely depleted. Their only off-ball LBs on the roster right now are Pratt and Evans.
Even if you add a LB in Rd 2-3, you still are basically needing to guarantee health of Pratt and newly drafted Day 2 LB due to the lack of depth.
It was wrong of them to not prioritize LB, but the acquisitions of Reader, Waynes, and Alexander were good.

For what it's worth, it sounds like they were in the running for both Schobert and Kwiatkoski, but chose to re-allocate their money to more critical positions such as DT and CB when the bidding got too high. I think Schobert was undeniably overpaid. Kwiatkoski I think would have been a good use of 7 million per year, but there's always the chance that he chose the Raiders over the Bengals, I don't know.The linebackers in free agency kind of went for absurd prices all around. Blake Martinez somehow got 10 million per year when he's a replacement level player at LB.

The point is, we were never going to fill all the holes on this team in one year. I am happy with the signings they did do because it allows us to go heavy on offense in the draft. If linebacker remains a huge issue for us in 2020, we can fix it in 2021, when we don't have gaping holes at QB, WR, CB, DT, LB and OL.