It's a deep group of players at the DT/NT position who will be available in FA in a month.

I hope we get to sign one of them to a not too expensive deal. Someone like Billings (who isn't great at rushing the passer but turns 25 this season and is a very good run stopper, shouldn't be expensive), Butler, DJ Reader or several others.
We can cut Abry Jones without any dead money and replacing him by adding one of those guys on a similar/a little bit more expensive deal.

I wouldn't want to enter the draft with a massive hole at that position and being forced into selecting a NT earlier than we would (of course if Brown falls to 9 or Kinlaw to 20 you consider it based on who else is available but both could be a no brainer in that scenario) and possibly missing on a potentially top OL or Simmons because of that.

Much easier to find a quality NT in FA for "cheap" rather than finding a quality OL at a reasonable price in FA (and after Norwell let's just draft our guys up front)

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