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Originally Posted by BossChief
How is that so?
We only have 41m spent on defense next year and the cap will be 153m.
No excuse to not have Berry, Smith, DJ, Devito and Abdullah back next year.
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Because the present allocation is, by and large, sunk costs. At least to the extent that it's not relevant to how we should go about spending money that's not yet spent.
Sure, it's an interesting rearview analysis, but what does it matter? We'll have somewhere in the neighborhood of 32-$40 million to spend and that's with a roster that's only about 2/3 complete.
We're only going to have about $20-$24 million in 'luxury' spending and that's only going to be able to bring back 2 of the big 4 FAs, IMO. Well, unless Dorsey can get do more of the low year 1 base, high signing bonus stuff. But with a 29 yr old CB, that's just not a good idea in that it almost certainly marries you to him for 4 years. We can only do that so many times before we run out of rope and start losing guys like Kelce or Poe.
And just because we have more money presently allocated to the defense doesn't mean that the offense isn't still a unit that needs help in its own right.
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Originally Posted by ILChief
If smith leaves we need to look at CB in early rounds again. To the people who say that gaines can step in, that's what you had to start the season and you saw how that went. I would sign smith over Howard. We seem good at uncovering good DL so I think we can do it again. At worst, bring devito back
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The odds of a rookie CB being better than Gaines are pretty remote. It's rare that you get a guy like Peters, that's what made that pick so impressive. Most of the time you get guys that need to grow into the role. Dorsey had a baller draft last year and maybe he'll do it again, but counting on a rookie and soph CB is probably not a good idea.
I still say you look at the group of 'first contract' FAs to get your Smith replacement. Trumaine Johnson would be my first choice. Casey Hayward might be another good fit. I think Josh Robinson from Minnesota really thrived in 2014 in Zimmer's more aggresive scheme and he'll be extremely undervalued though he doesn't have the length that Sutton prefers. Jeremy Lane has all the physical attributes you'd like and has shown good ball skills. If the staff thinks he can make the transition back to the outside and into more press, he'd also be an outstanding fit.