They did just go 13-3...
And how do you think that experience will affect their decision-making? 'The last time we spent Big money, it blew up in our faces, let's do that again'.
I think you're setting yourself up to be disappointed. Especially about any return from Ware. No offense.
Sure, they did go 13-3. It was awesome. But, if we want to be serious contenders, we need a little more than a couple early round picks. You want to build your team through the draft, but a couple first year players aren't going to get us where we need to be this season. We have cap, why waste it?
I think it'll probably make them preface their decision by asking themselves if the player had been arrested after a chick on cocaine accused him of throwing her on a stack of guns. Hard pass.
Haha I don't set myself up for anything. Life is unpredictable. Mainly I just think of what'd be fun, and a Ware return would make sense.
I do know one thing. If we go bargain bin shopping again this season, and rely on first year players to improve this defense this season, our pass defense will be ranked in the bottom half of the league again. And I doubt we'll be so lucky with injuries this time around.
If Tony is gone, and we eat the hit this year, we have 50+ mill in cap next year with really only two contracts looming in Martin/Collins. We can sign some high character guys that can play. Doesn't mean we need to drop 40 mill.