(12-11-2023, 09:19 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-11-2023, 07:13 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: DL situation will be key in the offseason too.

Hamilton was extended (rightly so in my opinion) but after his injury his play has been abysmal. IF the issue is stricly physical we can expect him to be back to his normal self next season...again if there aren't other issues we don't know of.

Fatukasi was restructured and Roy Robertson Harris was extended after a good 5 games stretch last year. The thing is Fatukasi is almost never fully healthy and he isn't a difference maker, RRH hasn't been playing to a really high level either.

Both these guys have big dead money cap hits if cut pre June (around 9-10M each), around 4M each if cut post june.

The amount of money allocated on IDL isn't matching at all with the play we are getting from these guys.

To give context we are likely going to cut Darious Williams who has almost no dead cap hit (creating another hole) and have to keep at least one of these guys.

Not an easy situation.

Your cuts (replacement) for next season:

Sherff (Tugboat) saves $16.5 million
Robinson (Little) saves $16.6 million
Williams (Brown) saves $10 million
Jenkins (Johnson) saves $9 million
Fatukasi (Lacy) saves $8 million

There's plenty of money sitting in guys we can replace fairly easily in the offseason. I just wish we'd spent draft capital on big guys already since they take a year to really develop; we're behind in the timeline for this and it's showing in how weak our backups are right now.

Brown and Johnson in the secondary are probably the only two players I have faith in as replacements next year. Hodges is an unknown and already off to a rough start with the injury. Lacy has done nothing. Little is a concern for me personally. He's also not holding up physically. 

I don't think I want Baalke back here next year unless he has a new Director to report to that can overrule his decision making in some cases because he really has set this team back now with some really stupid draft decisions that have caught up to the team this year. 

The decisions to take Muma, Connor, Strange, Bigsby & Miller are aggravating. The fact that he had a stupid amount of draft picks back in April and we've really only seen some impact out of it early is also a concern. Harrison at RT has been decent, not stellar, but, decent. Johnson has flashed a few times here and there. Outside of that? Not good. Washington recently. So, 3 out of what? 14? Big WHIFF there as a scouting team and decision maker.

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