03-24-2025, 08:14 PM
(03-24-2025, 05:44 PM)jj22 Wrote: Typically you see this when we have a ton of picks.
It'll be easy to fit 6 players on the roster without major cuts.
It isn't a matter of fit. It is a matter of management.
Say we sign Hernandez/Scherff/Risner and Donovan Jackson or Zabel or Conerly falls in our lap at 49. Then you have the pick and the FA starting. Patrick as the prinary backup. And Ford. Do you wanna pay Volson $4 mil to be the #4/5 G. Not counting Karras? I wouldn't. Let Lee or Kirkland or Stueber do it and try to upgrade another spot.
Same thing at S. Say we draft Starks or Emmanwori or Watts. Do we want to pay Stone $8 mil to becthe #3 safery? We could cut him, pay a vet like Simmons, and have $$ left over for Trey or another FA.
Ditto at LB. If Walker falls in our laps, or Campbell, and we are mainly playing 2 LBs, is it worth paying Pratt $8 mil to be a backup? Would he throw a fit? Wilson, pick, Burks + another FA looks better to me. Especially if we can get something for him.
I mean, cutting Stueber or Anderson/Anthony or Njongmeta makes more sense in terms of the pecking order. But letting goe of the higher earners allows a 2 for 1. And like you said, we havexa lot of holes and only 6 picks.
