Can someone explain to me what guys specifically we could’ve signed with Tee’s money

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(03-18-2025, 06:53 PM)Housh Wrote: Key point you said….

It’s not like the defense was gonna magically be top 5 no matter what we did.


As you said if we signed Young and Williams we likely aren’t signing BJ Hill, Ossai and Sample so we’d hVe a good d line on paper but it would have no flexibility.


I just don’t see why we would sacrifice what we know is a top offense to MAYBE get a defense that’s ranked 20 instead of 30.


There was no set of moves that would’ve made us a top 15 defense

Because it would/should have become a more balanced offense and defense.

Top 5 offense and ~30th defense (keep Higgins, Hill, Ossai)
vs
Top 10 offense and ~15-20th defense (Williams and Young instead)

My personal opinion is the offense doesn't drop down to around middle of the pack with a draft pick replacing Higgins. It should still be pretty good.
But the defense could get potentially from bottom-feeder to at least decent/solid with Williams and Young.

There's risk there because it's all theory with the new guys compared to guys you know in Higgins, Hill, and Ossai.