Mentioned this on the draft board as well. I originally thought they'd let Taylor walk but after playing around on spotrac and looking at some of our high priced contracts, a lot of these can be restructured to push cap money into future years. We have a ton of space going into 2024. So they can easily move contracts around and then sign Taylor if they want to. I know there is the risk he is a one year wonder playing on his contract year, but he was arguably the best lineman on the team. letting him go would be a big setback. No one on the roster likely plays as well at RT as he did this past season. And then you also create depth issues so now we're weaker in two spots. I think they find a way to bring Taylor back.

My guess at this point is they bring the top 7 guys back (Taylor, Cam, Little, Fortner, Scherff, Bartch, and Shatley). Now going back to the 2024 cap. Not only do we currently have a ton of space now. Both Scherff and Cam can be released after the 2023 year and bring us huge cap savings. huge! If we push a ton of cap into future years this offseason, I think there is a very good chance both of them are gone after 2023. And we go into 2024 with Little starting at LT (and possibly winning the job in 2023 at some point) and Taylor at RT. Fortner still at center ( think the team likes him). RG would be a hole. Backup OT would be a hole. And LG not sure what will happen.

Saying all that I think there is a decent chance they still address offensive line in this upcoming draft. But it would be more for depth, with an off chance of winning the LG job. But also for an eye towards 2024 knowing Scherff is likely a goner and very possibly Cam as well.

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