Cowboy Brian
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Huge loss for us with RE being suspended indefinetly, he improved dramatically last year and became our clear #2 pass rushing force behind Lawrence.
I believe this makes re-signing D.Law a necessity, and he has us by the balls.
Without RE, we have Taco who can step up. Hopefully he is able to, but we still have huge holes at SS, SAM LB (if we move on from Lee and / or Wilson), depth on the o-line, and DT (Irving is done in Dallas)....... + a slot receiver with Beezy likely moving on, as well as needing to add an RB2 (R. Smith can do for another year given circumstances)... never-mind TE, at this point we need to roll with Jarwin / Schultz and hope they can improve Y/Y. Hopefully we can retain Swaim at a decent price for another year.
Given this barrage of bad news.... I think S is now our 3rd top need, after DT and DE. I hope we can land ET on a discount / performance based contract to plug that. That allows us to address DT / DE in the draft. Deep class... even still, leaves slot receiver, SAM LB, and RB2 as sizable questions.
I am concerned we regress next year.... we are playing a #1 schedule and we are bleeding across the board.
The only real bright-side is a returning Fred at C. That is huge and can't be overstated. Offense will be OK with Fred back, a depth signing, and a solid slot WR. Fred is an upgrade, anyone outside of Beezy or Humphries at slot WR is a downgrade at least in year 1.
Defense is a different story. Irving didn't play much last year, but he was a strong DT. Gregory played a ton, and he is a big loss. Lee / Wilson are questions on if they return. That creates holes / question marks at DT, DE, and LB. Not good.
In my mind - we have a #2, a #3, and 2 #4s to address this.... Can we possibly field an improved team next season?
I believe this makes re-signing D.Law a necessity, and he has us by the balls.
Without RE, we have Taco who can step up. Hopefully he is able to, but we still have huge holes at SS, SAM LB (if we move on from Lee and / or Wilson), depth on the o-line, and DT (Irving is done in Dallas)....... + a slot receiver with Beezy likely moving on, as well as needing to add an RB2 (R. Smith can do for another year given circumstances)... never-mind TE, at this point we need to roll with Jarwin / Schultz and hope they can improve Y/Y. Hopefully we can retain Swaim at a decent price for another year.
Given this barrage of bad news.... I think S is now our 3rd top need, after DT and DE. I hope we can land ET on a discount / performance based contract to plug that. That allows us to address DT / DE in the draft. Deep class... even still, leaves slot receiver, SAM LB, and RB2 as sizable questions.
I am concerned we regress next year.... we are playing a #1 schedule and we are bleeding across the board.
The only real bright-side is a returning Fred at C. That is huge and can't be overstated. Offense will be OK with Fred back, a depth signing, and a solid slot WR. Fred is an upgrade, anyone outside of Beezy or Humphries at slot WR is a downgrade at least in year 1.
Defense is a different story. Irving didn't play much last year, but he was a strong DT. Gregory played a ton, and he is a big loss. Lee / Wilson are questions on if they return. That creates holes / question marks at DT, DE, and LB. Not good.
In my mind - we have a #2, a #3, and 2 #4s to address this.... Can we possibly field an improved team next season?
