***NFL Free Agency News & Signings Thread***

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(03-15-2024, 02:54 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: You’re looking at what the added. What about what they didn’t add?

We lost our starting RT and starting CB with no replacement yet. I don’t think any RT they find will be better than Jonah was, and he wasn’t even that good. Do you not think the O line is important? It’s possible we get a better Cb still.

We couldn’t stop the run last year and we lost at the line of scrimmage. Reader was good at that. We needed to retain him AND add a rushing DT like rankins. We didn’t give one of our best players a new contract extension, Tee.

It’s easy to pinpoint the moves we made and say, hey look we improved in those areas. But did we improve at RT, DT, CB? Is S, RB, TE more important to a teams success than DT, OT and CB?

RT, unlikely with a FA. But not a serious downgrade, IMO. A rookie may end up being better than Jonah.
DT, TBD. The DT room may be an overall better rotation when all said and done. Reader was great in the +\- 50% snaps he played. But depth is key here.
CB- still many CBs available for 1 year rentals - Stephon Gilmore, Xavier Howard, and tre white. Not sure we will sign any, but the improved safety position allows secondary flexibility already.


You need to Relax.