(11-16-2019, 04:28 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(11-16-2019, 01:24 PM)TJBender Wrote: If Dareus cuts that number way back, keep him. He's worth having around at a reasonably high price because of what he brings to the team. Ryan's an easy cut, Swaim and Lee can and likely will also go. Bouye needs to be kept, Hayden as well imo. He's an excellent nickel/blitzing corner. Calais is going to be a tough call this offseason, but I think a restructuring is much more likely than a cut if anything happens at all.

The idea that we'd pay Norwell $5M more to play for someone else than we'd pay him to play for us is ridiculous. Football decisions aren't as petty as cutting a guy that expensive because you don't like him.

I think Norwell tends to get a bad rap among fans and is actually one of the reasons why Fournette has consistently led the league in rushing.

Norwell has improved this year. A lot of this year's early criticism was just residual from last year that carried over. This offensive line is hard to keep intact though. Over the last two years it feels like they have a new face here, a new face there and a player or two playing at a different position that they're barely comfortable with. 

All they can do is continue to find quality depth with starting potential like they did with Richardson last year and Taylor falling into their laps in round two. Still, a 4 - 5 record after losing your highly prized off-season QB with a 6TH RD rookie under center is more than anyone could have probably asked for around here.

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