03-23-2021, 03:07 PM
(03-23-2021, 02:47 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: On a scale from -5 to 5 (with 0 -5 being a major downgrade, 5 being a major upgrade and 0 being a lateral move), this is how I would grade our free agents:
Riley Reiff vs Bobby Hart: +4
Chidobe Awuzie vs William Jackson III: -2
Mike Hilton vs Mackensie Alexander: +2
Larry Ogunjobi vs Geno Atkins: +2 (when compared to 2020 Atkins)
Trey Hendrickson vs Carl Lawson: -2
So, a total upgrade of +4 points over 5 replaced players. If we assume Atkins recovers in 2021, then maybe that one is a wash in that regard.
We lost Green and have not replaced him, but at 18m dollars, I would consider getting rid of him a net gain compared to what he provided at the cost he provided it in 2020.
We didn't get significantly better, but I am comfortable saying we got marginally better, with the massive upgrade being at RT.
Now, we still don't have a new guard signed, so if we don't re-sign Spain and then roll with Michael Jordan at LG, then that would be a -3 or -4, so we'd end up getting worse, but I think re-signing Spain is probably our worst case scenario at this point.
I just don't see how you get signing an All Pro DE over an injury prone DE is a minus 2. Have you looked at Lawson's history:
2013- Freshman Year- played full season
2014 (Sophmore) missed entire season with torn ACL
2015- Played 7 games
2017- drafted, played full season
2018-Played 8 games, tore ACL
2019- Played 12 games
2020- Played 16 games
Do you really want to count on him to be healthy a full season? Not bashing him, I like Lawson, but he can't stay on the field and already has 2 reconstructed ACL's
