Next year is wide open in many ways

[musicman]

1st the cap; With the cap dropping next year (and most of our dead money gone), many vets and some good players will be available and at the right price because a lot of teams will have no choice but to clean house (Saints and Falcons to name a few). 

2nd, FA will determine who we draft. We might have to get a few stop gap vets to let the draft play out and grab 2 to 3 future stars (like Brown, Gross-Matos and Chin). There will be some good players available and most teams will not have the money to throw at players. 

3rd: When we draft, it's gonna surprise us little like not taking Isaiah Simmons from Clemson (who I wanted) but they had Chin lined up who is looking even better. 

We need at least 1 of everything; OL, TE, DL, LB, DB and probably WR (as we use so many). Not RB or QB unless it's Trevor or Fields, but I don't see us picking that high with us giving up draft picks to get them. Plus QB is a crap shoot - look at Rosen (average), Darnold (good, not great) Josh Allen (better, not great)- all not worth building around - all recent high picks.

Each (Draft or FA);

OL - 2 at least but a strong Center (big priority) and either Guard or Tackle (which depends on what happens with Okung and Moton).

TE (I would love to see this drafted in the 2nd or 3rd and developed but who knows.

WR - with OC Brady, you can never have too many but we do need a quick bigger framed WR for the red zone.

DL - I see this more as a FA signing as they usually take a year or so to develop and good DL can play solid close to 30. 

LB - MLB to be specific (we were spoiled with Luke) but we need a general who can make plays.

CB - This might be a FA and a high draft pick as it's becoming a quick pass league. 

Safety - Tre is not having a great year and Burris got hurt so I can see this being an area of need. 

Based on this year, with a couple of good signings and a decent draft, we are fighting for that last playoff spot next year. If all goes well, we make the playoffs and put the NFC south on notice. 2022 is our year to start of command of the NFC South for the foreseeable future. 

 

 

[saX man]

Not missing on a starting center and MLB is critical and are the two minimum upgrades we need to really take a next step forward with Matt's staff.  Guard is an absolutely needed upgrade but I'd like to think we can target a vet or look in the mid rounds for one. 

It's also open in respect of not absolutely needing to go QB R1, but if we fall for one of Fields, Wilson, Lance, & Trask, we could have our new QB at hand if we're sitting there with one we covet available.  I'd be okay with trading up just a tad ~3 spots if we're in the 7-10 range.