Jones is a FA
Edelman took a beating and is going to be 34 next year
Andrews' illness of lung blood clots is something that returns
Hightower is getting on in years and may be due for a pay cut if BB wants to save money
The team needs a youth infusion at safety and linebacker.
Also needs backups at OL
& at least 2 or 3 new WRs and 2 new TEs and another young QB
By my estimate, we need 3 safeties, 2 backups on OL beyond Cajuste and Froholdt (Froholdt got bad reviews in camp and Cajuste's injury presents no guarantees), 2 new TEs, 2 WRs, 1 QB.
We need 10 new players at key positions to compete well again. I'm not saying that all these players are leaving this year, but that some of them are leaving, and that the rest have question marks either because of age, injury, high contracts, FA, or performance.