01-16-2025, 12:08 PM
(01-16-2025, 11:33 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: They arent going to cut all of Hubbard, Rankins, Cappa, Pratt, Stone, Moss. A couple of them? Sure, and they need to do that.
People want to scream and yell "cut him and him, save on cap money!"....but you have to replace these people. If we cut Stone and Pratt, who is going to play safety and LB next year? Are we comfy just giving the job to Battle? Do we draft someone? Sign someone?
Same with Pratt. If we cut Pratt, they are going to need to either draft or spend in free agency.
I'd say Rankins and Cappa are givens, or should be. Moss is perfectly fine, but $5 mil for a backup RB makes no sense.
That leaves Hubbard, Stone, and Pratt.
For me, Tee & trenches are my FA priorities, along with a Burrow max restructure (+$19 mil cap) and Chase extension.
The offense will never be elite with the IOL a seive. There are a bunch of quality RGs on the market. LG is mostly just Jenkins,,but the top 2 draft guards are LGs (Jackson, Booker).
We need 1 high level FA on each line. And at least 1 mid level guy somewhere going into the draft. And 1-3 more in the draft. 2 guards (starters), 2-3 DTs (at least 1 starter if not 2), and 1-2 DEs (starter + rotation).
Pratt & Stone were poor this year. But have good seasons on their resumes. But not horrid. Unless the draft breaks right for us (Walker, Campbell, Starks, Watts, etc) I doubt we cut those guys.
Or, if we whiff on trenches types in FA and need to spend more draftccapital there, then we could go FA shopping at LB & S.
