UPennChem
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Yeah I hear you. At the same time though, it might make sense to be a little more aggressive and try and select maybe 7 players instead of 10, but a higher in the draft?
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UPennChem
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This was my initial thought
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One thing to note is that a Marlon restructure is probably just going to be enough to cover the rest of our offseason cap needs, i.e. signing draft picks, filling out the full roster (53 man + practice squad), and having some cushion going into the season. So his money really won't be "spendable" I would say.
With a Boykins cut/trade, depending on how these three contracts look, we probably have $3-5M to spend. Any additional spendable money would come from a Peters or Lamar extension, which we can't really bank on at this point.
expect to continue to see him reduce in side and rush against guards just like he did in his first stint here on 3rd down
the difference this time is he wont be stuck behind suggs and judon on early downs
Or they would simply trade back if it is not at a position they would find useful which they like to do in Round 1 a lot.
as great as this free agency period has been, we do need to still find some more young talent to fill out the roster - we've had 2 or 3 drafts without finding significant contributions on day 3
and EDC said last offseason that we wanted to pick 20 guys over the next 2 classes - we only picked 8 last year and actively traded out of the 2021 class to acquire an extra (and better) pick in 2022
we may not trade down in R1 or even R2 but i imagine we'll be trading down at some point to acquire even more picks
i think that's the way EDC wants to try and maximise the roster for lamar even as we're going to start paying him a ton - draft as much young talent and lots of day 3 picks to try and find cheap young guys to fill out the roster and contribute
Which does sort of raise the question as to how the pass rush is going to look. Are they really going to play Oweh, ZDS, and Bowser at the same time? They all basically are the best at the same situation: passing situations.
they've done that a couple of times - they've also stuck at the pick even more times
they're not going to turn down a blue-chip talent in a class that's lacking them just to make sure they get a tier 3 guy at a position of need
and what would that even be?
is EDGE not still a need?
is CB not still a need?
i think they both are clearly still needs - so the 14th pick isnt wasted on a pick at those positions even with the ZDS signing
UPennChem
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Makes sense. Maybe we'll see more turnover on the backend of the roster than usual
eh?
ZDS is a 3 down player
Oweh is a 3 down player
Tyus is a 3 down player - he just didnt play 3 downs a lot until this year because we had bigger more violent edge setters and liked to keep him fresh for 2nd and 3rd down where he's a weapon
and the answer to your question is that yes, they will 100% use all 3 of them at the same time, and if we draft an EDGE high you'll probably see us use a racecar package on some 3rd downs and have all 4 guys on the field at once - ZDS offers inside versatility, Bowser offers LB versatility, Oweh can do basically whatever you want...
we've been putting multiple EDGE guys on the field for years
Michael M.
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I really think what the Rams did has changed the way all teams will look at putting a team together for the future
well remember we do have like 19 UFAs and we've re-signed none of them and that doesn't even include AV and levine who've both retired
there's already back-end of the roster spots open and we always try and have more than 53 guys we'd like to have on the 53 anyway
we'll definitely re-sign some of these back-end of the roster guys at or near vet minimum when they realise they dont have a market for sure but there's definitely turnover happening here
im about as all in as it gets on stingley
I like this idea too
UPennChem
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Yeah for sure. This is a little different than say the last 3 years. Probably for the better honestly.
Plenty of teams have tried the Rams model it just doesnt always work. The Saints were all in for a couple years and (thanks to getting screwed by the refs) did not make the Super Bowl. The Packers went all in to try and make it the past couple years and it did not work. Teams like the Titans went for it as well but to a smaller degree. The reason the NFC is going to be terrible next year is because of all the teams having to pay for going all in and failing.
UPennChem
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Agreed its Stingley SZN
Most def.. idgaf if he ends up a bust.. cant even get mad at the risk lol.. trade up if we have to