02-28-2025, 12:20 PM
Personally I think the organization thought by the time Higgins contract was up they would have some young draft picks develop in other positions. Instead of putting all that money into one position like WR for example they would want to spread it around to create a more balanced team. If Cam Britt -Taylor played like a CB1 last season , or if Volson developed into a good starting guard and Murphy was trending in the right direction they would rather pay Chase and then spread the money around. I don’t think they anticipated all these picks playing so poorly. Also I don’t think they value safety that much and would rather spend on extending a DE like Murphy or Cam-Britt, positions they deem more important. Far as the 1st wave of free agency they could spend more with a QB on a rookie deal. If a Zac Carter panned out they wouldn’t have to be signing guys like Rankins. Reader was a different situation because tearing the same Quad in a 3 year span was worrisome.
