08-30-2018, 08:31 AM
Whit was the anomaly in that we historically value tackle. The issue is we had so much draft capitol in tackle that we had to take a chance and see if they could play (They couldn't). We were never going to make Zeitler the highest paid guard in the league and looking back now we made the right choice as his play in Cleveland last year was pretty average.
As for could we have kept them all together? Maybe. The problem is there is a bit of a butterfly effect when you start changing history. What does keeping them do as far as changes to possible drafts after? How does it change the amount of wins we have to move us up and down in the draft? Strictly financially speaking the answer is yes, but I'd guess assuming we had the same guys we drafted they would have let Dunlap go because of how tight we would be getting to the cap and what it would mean for Green next year and Dalton beyond.
As for could we have kept them all together? Maybe. The problem is there is a bit of a butterfly effect when you start changing history. What does keeping them do as far as changes to possible drafts after? How does it change the amount of wins we have to move us up and down in the draft? Strictly financially speaking the answer is yes, but I'd guess assuming we had the same guys we drafted they would have let Dunlap go because of how tight we would be getting to the cap and what it would mean for Green next year and Dalton beyond.
