(07-08-2023, 11:11 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote:

(07-07-2023, 09:09 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Griffin is already gone. Robinson was gone and on borrowed time for awhile now. Engram may be expendable if Ridley turns out being the guy. You can only spread the football around to so many players out there. Strange being selected in the 3rd RD also does not bode well for Engram's long term future here.

Allen, for me personally, he would have to set the world on fire this year for me to care about keeping him beyond 2023. As that 2017 defense began to fall apart due to locker room cancer, ego and age. Allen failed miserably in stepping up to backfill the primary roles that guys like Ngakoue and Campbell played. 

I know people like to throw the PFF grades at me and use that "Well, it's not all about sacks, etc". Okay, sure. Whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better at night. If Josh Allen was as good as people kept painting him out to be? We wouldn't have wasted a first round pick on Chaisson and we wouldn't have probably had to drop the number one overall pick on Travon Walker last year. Allen has been serviceable, but, not a consistent enough game breaking presence that opponents fear on a weekly basis. 

Darious Williams is an interesting loss if it happens. He was used in the nickel last year and then eventually placed outside where he needed to be to begin with to succeed. Only hope is that Braswell out of Rutgers shines enough as a rookie to develop nice and easy in 2023 and he potentially sneaks into the starting line-up and quietly does his job well enough for nobody to notice. 

I'll tell you another thing that people tend to forget about. Tyson Campbell. He's another guy we'll have to extend. The fact that his coverage ability has improved IN SPITE of lack luster pass rush and push up front tells me that HE SHOULD BE the guy you save your money for on defense to resign more than anybody else.

Yep. I’ve been popping up reminders here and there about Lawrence’s mega nuke deal incoming along with a guy like Tyson Campbell. Campbell made a lot of future money with that interception at home against Tennessee. 

You can’t forget about Travis Etienne either. If Etienne rushes for anything north of 1400 with something around 12 TD then he will have to be considered for an extension.

Guys like Agnew, Engram, Zay Jones, Oloukon, and Scherff could become cap casualties.

Lawrence is getting paid before the 2024 season starts and it could be a new market setting contract. 
Trevor being Trevor gives me some faith that he/his agent will allow the deal to be structured in a way that it doesn't cripple the team's cap.  i.e. - creatively spread out the money

Campbell will likely get paid top 5 CB money before the 2025 season if he stays on this pace of play.

Etienne will depend on contribution and effectiveness of other backs brought in.
If you are paying big money to a QB, a couple of WRs,  conceivably a TE depending on what shakes out with Engram + a couple of healthy lineman salaries, you may not have the luxury of throwing money at a RB. Just draft and develop there. 

Agnew and Oluokun could be on their final year this year due to the roster around them - and Scherff is aging out. 
Sucks, because as of right now, Oluokun is still our best ILB. Hopefully others step up soon. 

I wouldn't be so quick to write off Zay Jones and Evan Engram due to cap as you are. 
I think they'll try hard to keep those guys around.

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