Newton or sweat?

[SunsetBengal]

(02-06-2024, 01:27 AM)Whatever Wrote: Because of other needs.  

Jonah is a FA, is underwhelming, and will cost too much to resign.  RT must be addressed and it's a bad FA T group.  So we're going to have to be locked in on taking one of the Top 10-11 OT's in the first two rounds.  

Boyd will be gone, Higgins most likely FT'ed, and the current WR3 is Irwin, who will also be a UFA in '25.  If their pattern holds true, WR will be drafted in the first or second.

Our #3-4 LB's are UFA's, so cheap depth is needed there.

Awuzie is an UFA, so unless they sign a vet CB, CB depth will need to be added.  

Mixon is washed, Brown is horribly inconsistent, Evans sucks, and Williams is an UFA, so they need RB depth at minimum, preferably a new starter.  

They want Reader back and his quad injury just dropped his price, so hypothetically they only need a guy to rotate, which doesn't have to be Day 1 or 2.  

I agree that there are other needs to cover.  However, even if DJ Reader is re-signed at an affordable price, and he makes as good of a recovery as he did on the first leg, he still won't likely be ready for real game action until late in the season due to the injury occurring so late in this past season.  So, you still need a starting caliber NT to cover the first 12-15 weeks of the season.