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Taking my first steps into this years draft/off season thread. The first moves in free agency as I see it will be to lock up our own…First we must see to locking up Talib, then Hooman, and Fletcher. Hooman and Fletcher will be cost effective and are reasonable backups. Next from out side the organization I would like to sign quality back ups for areas of need, TE and DE. Here I would peruse Scott Chandler and Jared Alen as I see them at a reasonable rate. Lastly I find that Edelman will be far to expensive for what he brings to the table. You must realize that Amendola, Boyce, T j Moe, also provide the same skill sets. So financially and personnel options will make it prohibitive to sign Edelman to that 5-7 Million dollar range that he will easily command. The 7 mill that will have gone to Edelman will cover the costs of all the free agent mentioned to sign minus Talib. So you get Hooman, Fletcher, Chandler and Allen for the price of Edelman.
Now moving into the draft as I see the board and the priorities in needs…I find our most glaring need is the weakness and ageing interior DL. This being an area where we need an impact player, and starter I would not pick any lower than our pick 29. My pick at 29 is Rashede Haseman. Bringing in a quality DT help prepare for VW’s retirement and allows us to release a few pricy veteran back ups, aiding the cap. Kelly and Sopoaga, count as over 4.656 mill.
The second most glaring problem comes on offence…The paring of Wendell and Connolly is atrocious…they are going to gat TB killed. Both WERE adequate back up but neither were starter quality, need less being over paid to the tune of 4 mill. First I would release Connolly out right and make the move of Cannon to RG leaving a need for a starting quality C. This being said I see taking Weston Richburg with our second round pick. With the starting OL in place our only consideration being as depth. Maybe Wendell will come back at a back up pay scale….But in cutting Connolly we save 3 Mill…added to the savings at DT (4.656 mill) we are now at 7.656 MILL.
And the last glaring hole on this team is at SS, not that the team hasn't tried to address itBut I think we need to take another swing….We definitely need a young hard hitter…
With the 3rd pick I would make the move for Deone Bucannon. This move makes a necessary couple of cuts possible. Both A Willson and S Gregory combine for 4.05 Mill…that combined with the previous cuts bring the cap relief to a total of 11.706 mill.
So far we have upgraded our 3 weakest areas and still saved 11.706 Mill on the cap
Next in an area of strength I would look to upgrade depth wise at LB… with the loss of Spikes, and Fletcher being our top back up, I would pick Christian Jones with the 4th pick to continue the habit of fresh young LB’s moving threw the system. So we are well protected in the area if we get hit with the injury bug and lose to starting LB’s again…..Quality free agent LB’s are hard to find and afford…
Currently I believe we have no 5th, so we move on to our pare of 6th rd picks…but before that I’ll take a snap shot of areas covered…
At DT we now have: VW, Rashede Haseman, Sealver Siliga Cory Grissom, and Chris Jones.
At Safety we now have: Mccourty, Deone Bucannon, Harmond and T Wilson, Ebner
At CB unchanged: Talib, Dennard, Ryan,Arrington,
At LB we have: Mayo, Hightower, Collins, Fletcher and Jones.
At DE: Jones, Ninkovich, Allen, Armstead, 24 players
So far that D does not look bad going into camp… on to the O…
First off I believe Blount will have competitive offers and even if we lose him we still are in fine shape with Ridley, Vereen, Bolden, and Develin, but it would be nice to keep him.
Next I do not see TE as a glaring need as the media seems to guess….We have one of the premier TE’s in the game with Gronk. Hooman proved to be an adequate back up. In signing Chandler you also have a young successful combination TE But I would take a flyer on a late pick in the H back move TE. With the 7th pick I would take Richard Rodgers as a developmental prospect…
At WR I believe all the parts are here as we really loaded up last year with both size and speed. with startes Dobson, Amendola, Boyce, Thompkins, making the second year jump. Being challenged by more size by Mark Harrison and Greg Ortin, and the speed of T.J. Moe. I do NOT see any contract considered in this area over 3.5 mill per year for 1-2 years.
At QB if Mallott cant get us at least a 3rd I see him remaining with the team and possibly getting the original pick tag next year. If by chance we get a sucker I mean taker we will find a vet back up…
Lastly the offensive weakness that effects both the run and passing game. Although we are strong and deep at the OT spot with Vollmer, Soldier, Cannon in a pinch and the current back ups in competition with draft pick Cornelius Lucas for the last OT spot.
Now we move to the heart of the problem….the interior OL of which we only have one starting quality player….In starting Cannon at guard we are getting the BEST four OL men on the field at the same time. So we are left with the heart….the C position has NO quality options…In avoidance of signing a high priced FA would chose to get a starting quality pick in the draft…. Which would require at least a second rd pick, that being Weston Richburg C…
Also with my last pick a 6th would look for competition on the IOL with Russell Bodine G/C. As I see it with Connolly and Wendell starting and the rest of the competition UN able to supplant them we need new completion….
QB: TB, Mallott
TE: Gronk, Chandler,Hooman,Richard Rodgers
RB: Ridley, Vereen, Bolden, Develin
WR: Amendola, Dobson, Thompkins, Boyce, Mark Harrison, T J Moe, Slater…
OT: Soldier, Vollmer, (Cannon in emergency), Best of Josh Kline and Cornelius Lucas and Markus Zusevics…
C: Weston Richburg, plus best of Wendell (if he takes back up pay), and Chris Barker
G: Manikins, Cannon, plus best of Josh Kline, and Russell Bovine
49 players not counting STs
More significant cap savings with cuts resulting from this roster:Bequette .440 mill, White .645 mill, DJ Williams .645 mill, and Forston .57 mill for a total of 2.3 mill added to the earlier savings of 11.706 gives a total cap savings of just over 14 mill…
This cap savings is equivalent to the signing price of all my FA’s…Talib,Hooman, Fletcher, Allen and Chandler….
I also believe both VW and Mankins will be asked to rework their contract to hopefully get cap relief to extend players like Mccourty…
WE may also get compensatory picks for Welker and Chung…
This is my plan and im sticking to it…….till the parameters change…..
Now moving into the draft as I see the board and the priorities in needs…I find our most glaring need is the weakness and ageing interior DL. This being an area where we need an impact player, and starter I would not pick any lower than our pick 29. My pick at 29 is Rashede Haseman. Bringing in a quality DT help prepare for VW’s retirement and allows us to release a few pricy veteran back ups, aiding the cap. Kelly and Sopoaga, count as over 4.656 mill.
The second most glaring problem comes on offence…The paring of Wendell and Connolly is atrocious…they are going to gat TB killed. Both WERE adequate back up but neither were starter quality, need less being over paid to the tune of 4 mill. First I would release Connolly out right and make the move of Cannon to RG leaving a need for a starting quality C. This being said I see taking Weston Richburg with our second round pick. With the starting OL in place our only consideration being as depth. Maybe Wendell will come back at a back up pay scale….But in cutting Connolly we save 3 Mill…added to the savings at DT (4.656 mill) we are now at 7.656 MILL.
And the last glaring hole on this team is at SS, not that the team hasn't tried to address itBut I think we need to take another swing….We definitely need a young hard hitter…
With the 3rd pick I would make the move for Deone Bucannon. This move makes a necessary couple of cuts possible. Both A Willson and S Gregory combine for 4.05 Mill…that combined with the previous cuts bring the cap relief to a total of 11.706 mill.
So far we have upgraded our 3 weakest areas and still saved 11.706 Mill on the cap
Next in an area of strength I would look to upgrade depth wise at LB… with the loss of Spikes, and Fletcher being our top back up, I would pick Christian Jones with the 4th pick to continue the habit of fresh young LB’s moving threw the system. So we are well protected in the area if we get hit with the injury bug and lose to starting LB’s again…..Quality free agent LB’s are hard to find and afford…
Currently I believe we have no 5th, so we move on to our pare of 6th rd picks…but before that I’ll take a snap shot of areas covered…
At DT we now have: VW, Rashede Haseman, Sealver Siliga Cory Grissom, and Chris Jones.
At Safety we now have: Mccourty, Deone Bucannon, Harmond and T Wilson, Ebner
At CB unchanged: Talib, Dennard, Ryan,Arrington,
At LB we have: Mayo, Hightower, Collins, Fletcher and Jones.
At DE: Jones, Ninkovich, Allen, Armstead, 24 players
So far that D does not look bad going into camp… on to the O…
First off I believe Blount will have competitive offers and even if we lose him we still are in fine shape with Ridley, Vereen, Bolden, and Develin, but it would be nice to keep him.
Next I do not see TE as a glaring need as the media seems to guess….We have one of the premier TE’s in the game with Gronk. Hooman proved to be an adequate back up. In signing Chandler you also have a young successful combination TE But I would take a flyer on a late pick in the H back move TE. With the 7th pick I would take Richard Rodgers as a developmental prospect…
At WR I believe all the parts are here as we really loaded up last year with both size and speed. with startes Dobson, Amendola, Boyce, Thompkins, making the second year jump. Being challenged by more size by Mark Harrison and Greg Ortin, and the speed of T.J. Moe. I do NOT see any contract considered in this area over 3.5 mill per year for 1-2 years.
At QB if Mallott cant get us at least a 3rd I see him remaining with the team and possibly getting the original pick tag next year. If by chance we get a sucker I mean taker we will find a vet back up…
Lastly the offensive weakness that effects both the run and passing game. Although we are strong and deep at the OT spot with Vollmer, Soldier, Cannon in a pinch and the current back ups in competition with draft pick Cornelius Lucas for the last OT spot.
Now we move to the heart of the problem….the interior OL of which we only have one starting quality player….In starting Cannon at guard we are getting the BEST four OL men on the field at the same time. So we are left with the heart….the C position has NO quality options…In avoidance of signing a high priced FA would chose to get a starting quality pick in the draft…. Which would require at least a second rd pick, that being Weston Richburg C…
Also with my last pick a 6th would look for competition on the IOL with Russell Bodine G/C. As I see it with Connolly and Wendell starting and the rest of the competition UN able to supplant them we need new completion….
QB: TB, Mallott
TE: Gronk, Chandler,Hooman,Richard Rodgers
RB: Ridley, Vereen, Bolden, Develin
WR: Amendola, Dobson, Thompkins, Boyce, Mark Harrison, T J Moe, Slater…
OT: Soldier, Vollmer, (Cannon in emergency), Best of Josh Kline and Cornelius Lucas and Markus Zusevics…
C: Weston Richburg, plus best of Wendell (if he takes back up pay), and Chris Barker
G: Manikins, Cannon, plus best of Josh Kline, and Russell Bovine
49 players not counting STs
More significant cap savings with cuts resulting from this roster:Bequette .440 mill, White .645 mill, DJ Williams .645 mill, and Forston .57 mill for a total of 2.3 mill added to the earlier savings of 11.706 gives a total cap savings of just over 14 mill…
This cap savings is equivalent to the signing price of all my FA’s…Talib,Hooman, Fletcher, Allen and Chandler….
I also believe both VW and Mankins will be asked to rework their contract to hopefully get cap relief to extend players like Mccourty…
WE may also get compensatory picks for Welker and Chung…
This is my plan and im sticking to it…….till the parameters change…..