Additional FA Needs

[imahobgoblin]

I actually feel like Vrabel's going to look.in house. CJ Dippre is on the roster at TE and still have Westover for depth at TE.. the injury to Hill while unfortunate. Is a good thing in a sense for Raridon the Rookie will be pressed into the pros quickly and will be a factor for us. Still have a solid and reliable veteran In Henry

Yes, and Arkin. He is massive at 6'4" and 265.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Jonnu Smith is sounding better all the time. He's 1 year removed from a top-5 TE season 88/884/8.
I know it may have soured when he left here, but that was the bitter end of BB"s tenure & freaking Mac Jones & Zappe.
This would be very different, and we have to have production ready behind Henry.

For a low money flier I'd be ok giving it another go. I will say though, we can blame BB/Mac/Zappe but it didn't worth with him while Josh was here that first year and we made the playoffs. We weren't some toxic situation for him in year 1 and he didn't take well to it. Particularly relevant because Josh was here and he's the OC again now.

Definitely a better spot now with Drake and better WRs and it should be low money so no real risk. That's why I'd be on board. But I don't think his bad time here could be totally written off as not relevant anymore either.

 

[mgteich]

Jonnu Smith is sounding better all the time. He's 1 year removed from a top-5 TE season 88/884/8.
I know it may have soured when he left here, but that was the bitter end of BB"s tenure & freaking Mac Jones & Zappe.
This would be very different, and we have to have production ready behind Henry.

Yes, this is a good idea for a 1-year #2 TE. Hill is gone and Smith is a reasonable replacement/upgrade.

Vrabel seems more likely to expect Raridon and Dippre to be the backups.

 

[captain stone]

We need a backup C/G, and ILB an EDGE rusher. If Landry is healthy, EDGE is the lowest priority of the three. If he is not, it is the highest proity.

Yep; our front orifice should've signed a vet Center with starting experience as soon as Bradbury was traded... If both Landry and Jacass have to start the season on PUP, then all of a sudden it's DM Jones and whatever 2nd-year "leaps" Ponder & Swinson have to offer
And regarding ILB, I'm willing to see what shakes-out among Britt / Gainer / Jacobs / Muma / Obiazor / Reese before adding another body to the mix - unless that body is Bobby Wagner's, or Bobby Okereke's...

Besides C/G & ED, other positions in need of Quality depth (i.e.: of UFA signings) include:

TE to replace Hill; Will Dissly, if he's cleared to play (which should be no problem with our (on-)crack medical staph), should be Plan A.

RB if Larison doesn't show enough during camp/scrimmages/games... Don't like Any of Jennings, Miller or Montgomery - al all... Damn shame what happened to Gibson last year

Slot Receiver, either from inside the building (Pop, Chism) or outside it if necessary.

Still haven't replaced Tonga's presence at the 0/1-Tech position. The agents for DaQuan Jones, Greg Gaines & Foley Fatukasi (if shoulder's healthy), among others, All need to be given ringy-dingys... The two biggest players currently in the building are Eric Gregory & Travis Shaw; and Shaw's not making the 53 except through a Clown decision. Everybody else is closer to 3-Tech/3-4 DE than to the 0/1-Tech NT we need, although Barmore might be eating his way in that direction...

And as mentioned in a previous thread, our backups and potential backups to our 5 starters in the defensive backfield are the Worst in Football. The. Worst. MULTIPLE veteran DBs, at least one each for the deep half, the boundaries & the slot, should've been signed Already.