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But I stand by my love for CJ Allen and think he'd be a great fit still.

Maybe they transitioned to him taking that on, and if so, then I'll definitely reconsider my position here. I won't be stubborn about it, hard to prognosticate as fans this time of year. I'm not drawing any lines in the sand. If he did and was able to make the strides we saw, then feck, maybe we've got ourselves the dude on defense. I will say, having the green dot on the more athletic guy helps widen the pool of targets for who can compliment him.

No, not at all, Oluokun was green dot in JAX. Lloyd was the more athletic compliment to him that was given assignments. Olo directed him presnap. For comp, Lloyd was the Bowman to Oluokun as Willis. So yeah, he's a huge boost for us but we still need a guy. So it would be wise to pair him with a guy who can take on the communication role and excels in coverage. People are juicing for Rodriguez but he doesn't quite fit that. CJ Allen or Lawson would. It's a good fit. For being the Will, Lloyd should be the better LB in coverage, but he has lapses. Historically, he has been super spotty but player pretty well in 2025. So it's hard to know. But I don't think he's Mike. So you need a Mike who's got coverage skills IMHO.

Who knows lol, they'll figure it out. No need to expend my energy on something I'm not doing right?

I think spotrac has updated the restructures already. So we now have 31.58.

I'm just targeting the players I like for us. Impact over position. CJ Allen is a green dot. Devin Lloyd isn't. Excels in coverage and on-field communication. And the guy is a brick house. Think he's an animal and perfect piece for the center of the defense.

R1 I like CJ Allen LB, Monroe Freeling OT and McNeil-Warren DB Still have prominent needs at OL, LB and DB I don’t really buy WR or TE in the first 2 this year. Should just avoid pass catchers in R2 in general given our history lol.

Damn so we carved out like $24 mil between him and Ashawn. That’s on top of the 9 mil-ish we had. Pat Jones Jr could save us another 5 (unless I missed that we already cut him)

It may be high but there are some really appealing guys in the draft this year R2-3 for a slot defender. Scott, Abney, Haulcy (especially love for our defense), Rivers, Kilgore, a few others.

We absolutely should get an experienced OT on a 1 year deal. Decker, Josh Jones, heck maybe Beachum. Or just bring Yosh back. Another slot defender like McCreary would be nice too. Then the focus could be on the draft.

McCreary please. Then at least one of my targets gets signed lol

It’s a strong looking defense all of a sudden. A highly competent vet at every level: D Brown, Philips, Lloyd, Horn and Moehrig That’s 5 guys who were arguably (at least) top-12 at their position last season. And not excluding that we have some decent vets here too like BBIII and MJ If we can get even just 1 or 2 of the young guys to develop into a dude, it could be a nice unit. Looking at Ransom, Scourton, Princely, S-W. It would be nice to target a OT, C, ILB and Slot Defender in the draft.

There's still more signings to be had. Come draft, Monroe Freeling T is my favorite pick on offense in R1 for us. Lomu T could be good as well. If we go some one like CJ Allen or McNeil-Warren, then a R2 target like Max Iheanachor T and Caleb Tiernan T would be nice. Center is important but you can get a starter in R3, we don't need to reach there. Lew looks good. Also think we will still do something, need vet insurance even if we're going to draft one.

Yep. Stand corrected on what I was thinking the market would force. Heck of a good deal

It’s a one year deal, it’s whatever. Next year we find out if Bryce is a guy or not. Pickett is here for one as a backup. I don’t see a reason to be ruffled.

I think Murray ends up in Cleveland for a lower price than expected. They can make it work and will likely face the fact that Sanders and Watson have no business playing snaps.

I could see the Bengals happening

Was graded in the top 1/3rd of ILBs last season by a certain site the team has some ties with ha. 4 straight full seasons in a row as well. Wouldn't be a bad target by any means.

Yep - if you see a guy that can create enough impact on a snap-to-snap basis, you take him. Impact is the key word for us this year. Less about patching in likely-journeymen on their second contracts. The Wonnums, Jones Jrs, of the world. And the contract is Hines-Allen/Burns/Sweat territory. Still behind all the elite guys and those are all year-plus old contracts anyways. This is VERY close to Nick Bonito's contract at the start of 2025 season.

good stuff today (in general) enjoying the takes

CJ Allen (R1) & Deontae Lawson (R2) would be our best bets for a guy requiring the least amount of pro-level assimilation.

y'all gotta post more than a link. Getting tired of editing this crap

For ILB, maybe we are stil targeting high, but could take a smart value-based approach. Lloyd will get around 20, Tremaine or Okereke may get around $10 mil but the rest of the group has value for what they bring. Examples: Leo Chenal, EJ Speed, Singleton

An idea based off your wishes

Huge move for them. Their OL was getting into complicated territory.