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I really like this move. It's not the solution in itself but is a smaller piece of a larger jigsaw.

This is how you do it: sign a steady veteran on a cheap one year deal to plug the gap. That buys time to find a longer term solution by drafting and developing mid round picks, avoiding the need to reach and allowing you to go BPA in the first few rounds. You then slowly rotate in the mid and later round draftees, if you hit with a draft pick then they start the following season. If they aren't ready, you sign another veteran, if they're a miss then you draft another as well. People forget that 3rd and 4th rounder rookies rarely start week 1. You're likely only drafting two immediate starters: the rest are likely only to be rotational or depth pieces in year one.

I'd still be looking to add a second veteran, preferably one more adept at covering the pass rather than the run (maybe a safety?) and then double dipping in the draft. Something like Akeem Davis-Gaither at the top of the third and then maybe Juston Strnad with the 180th pick. A versatile safety like McKinney if he's BPA at 33 and then say Troy Dye at 107 could also work.