03-19-2024, 04:51 PM
(03-19-2024, 04:32 PM)Memphis_Bengal Wrote: That's got to be draft talk subterfuge. How can a one year deal with a Vet preclude us from going OT? We will end up right back in the same spot next year scrambling for his replacement.
I hope you are right.
If I had a FA/Draft Checklist, it woukd have been:
Tier 1: 4 of 6
1) Bring Higgins back: done! Tagged.
2) Bring Reader back: huge whiff
3) Get a starting level OT: check (T. Brown)
4) Improve Interior pass rush: check (Rankins)
5) Upgrade S: check (Stone & Bell)
6) Sign an elite player: nope
Tier 2: 2.5 of 7
7) Sign a WR3/Boyd Replacement: no
8) Sign a CB4/Chido replacement: no
9) Get a TE1/two way TE: no
10) Get a starting P/Townsend: no
11) Bring back Hudson, D. Sample, ADG: check (pricier than I hoped, though).
12) Bring back other MIN vet types: Irwin, Ford, T. Williams, Scharping, Tupou, etc. mostly Y
13) Restructure some contracts to free up space: no (but Mixon/Scott did some)
The Gesicki & Moss moves were plusses. Though neither gets me off TE1 or RB1 in the draft.
There was no way we were gonna check all the boxes pre-draft.
We'd be tracking towards an A+ if Reader was back & we inked Townsend + restructured Brown.
There may be some cap left for more than a minor move.
