Tanner Hudson back - 1 year deal

[Joelist]

To answer how well we did in Free Agency you have to look at what killed us last year.

Defensively last year we were killed by mental mistakes leading to explosive plays. Miscommunications, bad angles, players in the wrong spots, that was what dogged us. Also Trey being almost the only source of pass rush didn't help.

Offensively the Burrow injury didn't help but things like lots of drops (even from Boyd who usually was sure handed) , bad pass protection from the backs and also our backs leaving a LOT of yards on the field from inability to shed or evade the first defender also held the offense back.

So did we address these issues in Free Agency? I'd say Yes. Stone and Bell both bring smarts and leadership to the defense which speaks to the explosive plays. Rankin restores the lost interior pass rush and is a plus level penetrator on DL which we have lacked. Moss is a plus level pass protection back AND plus level in terms of being hard to tackle. Gesicki gives us a mismatch player for Slot. Moss is also a much better scheme fit for what we run.

So Yes, we're already better than last year and the draft will add more. And remember last year despite all the injuries and travail we were a dropped TD pass by Boyd against the Texans from making the playoffs.