While I'm a little disapointed that we never really had a shot at Super Mario (if the rumors of the Bills money is true), I think we are in pretty good shape. I said in my offseason mock that I thought the 2nd tier guys would be highly overpaid, and with Corland Finnegan getting $10mil a year and Garcon getting $8mil a year, it certainly seems the case. But with the limited cap space this season and the big money being spent early, it seems like there should be some great value later in the offseason. I think there could be some mid/lower end guys like Kendall Langford that could be steals in a few weeks.
The one guy I do think we have to move on pretty fast is Brandon Lloyd. As the final name WR's come off the board, Lloyd's value will continue to rise. Even if he lets us match any offers from other teams, it is still probably going to be higher the longer we wait. In hindsight it probably would have been better to get in straight away and lock him up before any of the other guys came off the board, but I don't think anyone could have predicted how much money would be thrown at WR's so early. Hopefully we can get a deal done in the next day or two, at a reasonable price.
The biggest impact I think the signings so far could have is on the Welker negotiations. I think guys like Garcon getting big money is going to make it a lot more difficult to lock up Welker long term because he will likely be asking for a lot more than Garcon got (and rightfully so). I was hoping he would sign for something like 3yrs $8mil AAV, that doesn't seem likely anymore.
