12-20-2024, 01:19 AM
(12-19-2024, 07:32 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I didn't mention Zach Carter, did I?
He was already cut by the team anyway.
2 FAs, a 2nd rounder, a 3rd rounder, and some day 3 picks are not overkill because DB is not 1 position. It's a generalized group that covers 5 starters and typically 10 people overall including depth.
DT covers just 2 starters, usually just 4-5 including backups.
I would argue one of the FAs for DB (Bell) wasn't needed and Battle should have been kept as the starter from the get go, as he did fine there last year. But regardless, at his cheap price tag, he would have been fine as a backup.
The other FA, Stone, was brought in as the other starter. I wasn't confident in his fit because he was basically nothing in BAL outside of 7 INTs in 2023, but it is what it is.
A 2nd rounder should be able to start sometime in their 2nd year.
The Day 3 picks are depth, so I was fine with that.
If I want just backups at DT, I'll invest a Day 3 pick. If I want someone who I envision to play heavy snaps within a year or two, I'll invest a 1st or 2nd rounder. If I want someone to play a handful of snaps in a rotational role and maybe start in a few years or so after some development, I'll invest a 3-4 rounder.
2 FA's, a 2nd rounder, a 3rd rounder, and 2 Day 3 picks is complete overkill when you usually only have 2 S's on the field and they hardly rotate. You're also typically only going to see a S covering at CB in an emergency. Not to mention, by the same logic, DT's are just DL, so that's not overkill.
You were saying you wanted another S signed in FA, in addition to the one you want to draft high. And Watts or whoever will have to beat out your FA, Battle, plus Anderson and Anthony in '26 to meet your goal.
Hill played 47% of the defensive snaps in '21. That's a lot more than "just a handful of snaps". That's basically half the game on defense.
Besides which, again, a good pass rush will make a suspect secondary look good. A good secondary won't do the same for the DL.