Houston is broke and probably won't be back (without a massive pay cut)
Berry will be technically on the team but you can't count on him actually playing
I was really excited about the ILBs this year with Hitchens and Ragland but they've been a disaster
Fuller is OK. Scandrick has played better than expected. Nelson is a flag machine
Ford is having his best year in a contract year of course
They cut Parker once and he didn't learn how to tackle during his cup of coffee in Atlanta
The d-line separately seems good in Jones, Bailey, and Nnadi. But collectively they're getting run on
DL: Jones, Nnadi, Bailey
LB: Speaks, Hitchens, ???, Ford/KPass
CB: Fuller, ???, ???
S: ???, ??? (I like the Lucas guy in limited snaps) [Reply]
Allen Bailey is way overpaid. I'd keep Jones, Hitchens, and Fuller and that's about it outside of the draft picks (Speaks, Nnadi, O'Daniel, etc.) [Reply]
Bring in a new DC and have him pick who he wants to keep.
Get rid of the Berry and Houston contracts if it makes sense to free up cap space.
Do NOT sign Dee Ford.
This.
Get a DC and let him pick the scheme and players he wants to keep.
If it were me, I'd clean house on defense. I'm going to rebuild with the following.
DL: Chris Jones, Nnadi, Xavier Williams
LB: Hitchens, Speaks, KPASS, Neiman, Ragland (Cheap), O'Daniel,
CB: Fuller, T. Smith, C. Ward
S: Lucas (RFA), Murray, Watts
Draft Needs Everywhere on Defense.
Sign FA vets to short term deals at key spots.
Spend some legit money on a vet CB and OLB if it makes sense. [Reply]
Chris Jones
Xavier Williams
Anthony Hitchens
Dee Ford-franchise tag is only around $15 million. That’s cheap.
Jordan Lucas
Daniel Sorenson
Tanoh Kpassagnon
Nate Orchard
Orlando Scandrick
Would bring back the following players if they agree to take a paycut:
Get a DC and let him pick the scheme and players he wants to keep.
If it were me, I'd clean house on defense. I'm going to rebuild with the following.
DL: Chris Jones, Nnadi, Xavier Williams
LB: Hitchens, Speaks, KPASS, Neiman, Ragland (Cheap), O'Daniel,
CB: Fuller, T. Smith, C. Ward
S: Lucas (RFA), Murray, Watts
Draft Needs Everywhere on Defense.
Sign FA vets to short term deals at key spots.
Spend some legit money on a vet CB and OLB if it makes sense.
Move Speaks and KPass to DL, and I am okay with most of all of this. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
We already have 2 players eating a ton of cap space and are always injured. No way do I give Ford anything close to big money.
I wonder how much (Berry + Houston) make vs (the rest of the defense) [Reply]
