Quote: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.

The problem is that Alualu keeps showing that when he's placed in a key role, he's overmatched and overwhelmed. Maybe a different scheme could fix that, but honestly, if the man can't find success as a 5-tech end in a glorified 3-4 defense (like last year, when he played so well that we spent millions on Odrick), maybe it's just time to see what the next man up can do. We'd be remiss not to add a rotational defensive tackle in the draft next year anyway, and that's basically what Alualu is. He's not awful, but not worth the money.

 

I only take note of Evans when he's been burned and/or committed a pass interference penalty. That's kind of been the story on him since his rookie year. At some point, you just have to shake your head and accept that the man can't play.

 

On Marcedes, I agree he'd have something to offer as a blocker, but he's expensive, he offers next to nothing in the passing game, and I'd honestly rather see those reps go to Nic Jacobs or Ben Koyack in camp next year. Jacobs is a mountain of a man, imo as good as Lewis is at this point.

---