Quote:I wouldn't gut the team, because I think we're close. Here are the guys I'd move on from in the offseason (or sooner) without any doubt:

 

Offense - Beadles, Gerhart, M. Lewis

Defense - Branch, Clemons, Alualu, Gratz, Evans

Special Teams - 24-of-38, Anger

 

Everyone else is somewhere between "fringe" (Wiz, Cyp), "young and cheap enough to be worth another look in camp" (Chris Smith, for example) and "DO NOT EVER LET HIM LEAVE EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER NOT NEVER EVER" (Bortles, the Allens, etc.). I think that in terms of a roster, we are closer than most people here seem to think. We just have a terrible head coach and some real liabilities at key positions, and those two things have conspired to bury us. I mean, how is the Seattle D supposed to work with no LEO and no single-high safety?

 

Mine is pretty similar to yours, except I'd keep both Evans and Alualu. People love to hate him, but Tyson is a solid rotational player for the 3 and 5-techs. He's not starter material, but he's not someone you outright cut right after the season is over like Clemons or Gerhart. I actually think Evans could be a decent player if they wouldn't miscast him as a free safety. He doesn't have the range to play the position, but I think he could be a good backup as an in-the-box SS.

 

I'd also be fine with Lewis being brought back for cheap if he's solely a backup at the more traditional TE position.

 

People seem enamored with gutting the roster which doesn't make sense unless they're taking up a ton of cap space (Beadles) or the downside of their career (Clemons). You build up depth by bringing in better players and phasing worse players out at the end of camp, not by cutting half of the team's starters as soon as the season is over.

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