...and while we continue to suffer from the safety position that we haven't secured since the Roy Williams Darren Woodson yester years ....
2021 was the most invested this team has directed towards the position in a very long time, Kearse, Hooker, Kazee, even Neal if the transition would have had more time to evolve, start floating Neal more in transition between the two positions. and I strongly feel that very theme is very important to Quinn, and why we went after the FA safeties and Neal, that can transition that hybrid safety/LB role.
It will be a focal point that can really transcend this defense in a pass happy era if this franchise can build with Quinn philosophy and give him what he needs via draft and maybe FA if we are lucky enough.
I've never been a fan of rebuilding the back seven first, but we already have some key components with Parsons, Diggs, Peeps can judge all they want but a 26-year-old Lewis, a 28-year-old Brown on non-cap killing contracts.
A good defense has to have decent corners on decent contracts because you cant afford top end money for the amount of DBs you have to play and pay in a pass happy NFL.
If they chose to cut a few keepers rather than restructures, than having a built defense entering 2023 season would at least achieve a cap friendly well-built defense entering that year, cause those paying attention already know
that 2022 will be a floating season.
Floating meaning Jerry just keeping it real.
The draft will be interesting, I would love nothing more and would expect nothing more considering the transition this team is in now that Stephen finally understands that the cap is a real thing.
Let Quinn try and build his defense around some really young special talents already in place.
Would love to see a Dean pairing with Parsons, wouldnt that be special.
I was focusing on the back seven because the context of the thread, but the DL influences how this team will approach the draft as well, but that is another thread entirely, and not negative at all, rather positive actually.