(02-25-2021, 04:54 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(02-25-2021, 04:50 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: One sack in 11 games? That's not much of a pass rusher. 

Lawrence will make our current weapons look much better. 

Robinson is more like a 3rd rounder. I like his teammate, Tay Gowan, much better. I'm not as high on Campbell or Joseph, although I do like them. I think they will be good, just not elite. Melifonwu would make me happy if he's there at #45. I'm looking to draft an elite CB, because as bad as our secondary is, we're gonna need at least one "shutdown" guy.

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Then we better score like 40 points a game, because our secondary SUCKS!

Spend some FA money on defense.

My #1 goal is protecting Trevor and giving him as many weapons as possible.

Spend some FA money on defense and draft heavy D next year in the draft.

Who would you go after in free agency? 

It looks like Justin Simmons and Marcus Maye are gonna get tagged. That really cuts into the Safeties that will be available. It pretty much only leaves Marcus Williams as a high end player at the position. 

There isn't much out there as far as CB's either. Patrick Peterson isn't the player he once was and neither are Richard Sherman, Josh Norman or Jason McCourty. Xavier Rhodes or William Jackson might be intriguing targets, but I don't see much else at the CB position and we're gonna need another starter as well as a Nickle. 

As far as D-Line, Leonard Williams is an ideal fit, but will he be available when free agency starts? I heard reports he was close to re-signing with the Giants, but now, they are saying he isn't, but they could tag him. Kerry Hyder is an interesting prospect and has the size to play inside as a 3 technique or outside as a 5 technique. Ndamukong Suh had a nice year, but he's 34. How much does he have in the tank? I definitely re-sign Dawuane Smoot though. He had a really nice season and he wasn't even a starter. Trey Hendrickson will be the prize of the free agent DE class, but is he strictly a 4-3 DE? At 270 lbs, he appears to be more of a pure 4-3 DE or possibly a 3-4 OLB. 

Free agency on the defensive side of the football is "iffy". There isn't a lot out there.

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