02-07-2024, 06:53 PM
(02-07-2024, 03:37 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Quality starting rookies at OT are usually found in the Top 15 picks, not even the entire 1st round. Hoping to find a starter in round 2 is risky, expecting a starter any round after that should be considered grounds for firing. There are always some exceptions, a player goes to the right team with the right oline coach..... but we are far from that.
As I said before, address EVERY starting need in free agency. Also in free agency address clear depth needs with cheap vets that could be replaced by a rookie or an ascending practice squad player.
This allows BPA to be taken in every round, this is how solid rosters top to bottom are built.
While we have a lot of cash, I do not think we have enough to address every need via FA.
WR2 will be expensive, Tee or not. DT/NT will be expensive, whether DJ Reader is back or not. Then RT, WR3, TE, another CB, interior pass rush, a Tupou upgrade, a punter. Some will have to be left for the draft.
RT and WR are particilarly deep.
I am on record of trying to go Tee + Reader + DT big fish instead of the fill every (or most) need route. That would be my play B if we strike out on Wilkins/Madubuike/Williams (as is likely).
A guy like Eluemenor eould be a great get at $6 mil per. Or possibly less. He is good enough to start and is a Williams upgrade for less money. He might be gettable for a low enough $$ that a Tee + DJ + DT pass rusher is still in play if we get creative with other contracts. And even if not, we'd have enough left to go get a quality TE, CB, WR3. Plus, he'd open up the draft, though OT should still be in play at 18.
I think we should go where the value is in FA. DT/NT, RT, TE, WR3, CB, & S would be where I sniff. Landing a good player for good value, at any of those spots, may be mire important than getting a guy at a particilular spot. BVA (best value available).
