Gotta Keep Building through FA

[Wes Mantooth]

(10-06-2020, 01:27 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I realize the cost/benefit ratio has moved away from the team's favor, and that it's time to start looking beyond Carlos.  Who are you going to replace Dunlap with?  I don't see Lawson as a suitable replacement for Dunlap.


Lawson can be a good player, but he's also hot/cold and has injury tendencies.  Additionally, Lawson on the edge is more of a speed guy/OLB than a head up, hand in the dirt, big-bodied true DE.  6'6" 280# with long arms is a lot of body to replace.  So, are you drafting the new DE, or are we fishing in free agency?

I mean, like I just said, you keep Lawson, you target an aging vet on a single year deal, and you round on the group with a draft pick.

There's a very good chance Dunlap sees like 3 mil on the open market.  I'm actually calling for signing someone just like him.  Some aging guy who has had a good career, that doesn't command a big salary.

Hell, if you really want Dunlap, just cut him and then come back to him a month down the road and offer him 4 mil bucks for one year.  But whatever you do, don't leave his current contract intact.