(02-18-2023, 03:20 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: Griffin is an easy cut.  Engram is the free agent priority, but I try to sign as many of the others (excluding MJJ) that I can.  Initially, I thought Taylor was all but gone.  However, I then learned that we're $76 million under the cap in 2024.  We can also save another $34 million if we want in 2024 by cutting Robinson and Scherff next year.  As such, I restructure contracts to move money from the 2023 cap to the 2024 cap.  We can free up space in 2023 and still be comfortably under the cap in 2024 with having minimal impact on 2025.  I also extend Josh Allen.  His price will go up if we wait until next year.

As for the draft, left guard seems like the most likely choice in the first round if I were drafting.  If Torrence isn't available, maybe get one of the tackles who can also play guard.  We need a pass rusher too, but it appears to be a deep draft for them, so we can likely still get a good one in the second round.  We also need a nickel cornerback. The good news continues in that it is a deep draft for cornerback and we also only need a slot cornerback which is easier to find.  This pick makes a lot of sense in the third round.  I do think Dan Arnold is one player who is likely not to be back, so a 4th round pick on a tight end for depth and two tight end sets makes sense here.  If we don't resign Taylor or another free agent, a swing tackle should be the other 4th round pick.  If we do resign Taylor, there's a lot of different directions we could go with the pick.

This positions us very well.  We were a playoff team in 2022 and would return almost all of our starters.  Calvin Ridley upgrades MJJ.  We upgrade starting left guard and have more depth with Bartch moving to backup.  We add a pass rusher.  We have the full season with Williams at outside corner.  We upgrade nickel back.  We hopefully have Trevor Lawrence playing the full year like he did in the second half of last year.  Actually, I think he can continue to develop and play even better.  Our 2022 rookies and other young players including Travon Walker, Devin Llloyd and Luke Fortner hopefully continue to develop.  We also have most of the team returning for a second year under Doug Pederson's system.  This is a team that can go far.

We would also return most of our starters for 2024.  We would need to extend Ridley, RRH and Hamilton if we still want them.  We would lose Cam Robinson.  However, if we resign Taylor, Little moves to the left and Taylor plays right.  If we don't resign Taylor, Little still moves to the left.  We would still need a right tackle, but right tackles can be found.  Use our first round pick on it, if needed.  We would also need a guard assuming we cut Scherff, but that is non-premium position that isn't hard to find.    

We would also maintain a lot of flexibility in 2025 and beyond with not a lot of players under contracts with the exception of players on rookie deals and some of the free agents re-signed in 2023/2024.

The future is bright.....