Yet another mock offseason, Hardy retained

[MtnProwler]

I've been getting a lot of great ideas from you guys and I've found a way, albeit a very hard task, to keep keep our top 5 D, improvve our receiving core to be a top 10, and solidly improve our Oline. As cap challenged as we are that should be a great accomplishment for our offseason. Disclosure: I'm not convienced that this is the route we should go, but I just wanted to show the possibility. I wen't fixing the WR through FA and Oline through the draft, but I could see these roles being reversed.

 

1)

Cam: new contract, it will be big but structured in a way to help us the next two years. +2M

Godfrey: I'm not conveinced that DG and crew is set on cutting him, but he is too expensive. Restructure his 5M. +2.5M

Norman: Cut +.5M

Olsen/Kalil/CJ: According to Overthecap these guys are set to have their base salary by millions each. Restructure. +8.8M

(These three restructures are the biggest stretch of them all, and we need every bit of that 8.8 to make this work)

 

2)

Resigns, this is taking into effect the total expected cap hit for 2014, not just the garanteed:

Gross 2M

Mitchell 2M

Hardy 10M, it has been reported he wouldn't take 8M but would 13M, can anyone say discount?

Captain 1.5M

Ginn 1.5M

Bell/FA OT .6M

Wharton/FA OG .6M

Cole/FA DT .6M

Anderson .8M

Gano .8M

FA WR 3M (What does 3M a year get? Miles Austin, Anquann Boldin, Pierre Garcon, etc.) for sake of simplicity, Nicks.

 

Results: Cap Space 26.8, Re-signs 23.4 (Still pretty tight for draft picks but as with everything else in this post, tight)

 

3)

Draft, as you can see by the re-signs I went with picking up a WR, as mentioned we could go OL or DB. Whichever way we go there determines what areas we hit in the draft.

a)Yankey OG

b)Moses OT

c)Coleman WR

d)Jean-Baptiste CB

e)Stork C

f)Kennerd OLB

e)Gilbert TE

(Draft was done using first pick simulator, things could obviously change)

 

 

4) Depth Cart. This is where it gets good. Check out that D, receiving core, and the much improved Oline!

QB: Cam/Anderson

RB: DWill/Stewart/KJB

FB: Tolbert

WR1: Smith/McNutt/Clemons

WR2: Nicks/King

WR3: Ginn/Coleman

TE: Olsen/Gilbert/Williams

OT: Gross/Chandler

G: Amini/Kug

C: Kalil/Stork

G: Wharton/Yankey

OT: Moses/Bell

 

DE: CJ/Horton

DT: Star/Cole

DT: Short/Alexander

DE: Hardy/Addison

OLB: TD/Kennerd

ILB: Luke/JWilliams

OLB: Klein/Blackburn

CB1: Munnerlyn/Jean-Baptiste

CB2: White/Thomas

SS: Godfrey/Lester

FS: Mitchell/Jones

 

I know this is a far stretch and so much has to go right for this to happen but it could happen.

 

 

 

[carolina-chuck]

Cant see it happening.

 

Gross, Mitchell, and Wharton alone will ask for more money than that. There's no way they're playing for peanuts.

 

Even though, I like the Yankey and Moses picks a lot, we're not going to even come close to that. I think you guys are overreacting to the whole "Hog Mollies" crap. I wouldnt be surprise if Gman didnt take an OL in the first three rounds. But, if we did come out of the draft that way I wouldn't be upset at all.

Still, it doesnt make much sense to go three OLs in the draft especially when you're bringing back both Gross and Wharton. There's no way our first two picks are going to be on the sideline, just watching this upcoming season.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I think Morgan and Stork would be good and go after another position of need in the 1st. Stork can slide to Guard plus with hope Kugs will add depth on the line.

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[Kuech the Sneak]

I doubt were not getting an OL in the first three rounds

[DaCityKats]

not a bad draft, but DG has stated several times that they look at Kugbila as a 2014 draft pick. so taking 1 other OL would be consider a double dip at the position.

[MtnProwler]

All good points. Again, with my senario we went heavy money wise in FA at WR, the reason to go heavy Oline in the draft. So much of what we do in the draft is a direct depiction of what we did in FA. That's why I can't understand all these mock drafts (without at least stating the FA pick ups). Two small things I could see changing:

1. Of course going heavy in FA in another area such as Oline or CB but I would expect the other holes to be filled in the draft.

2. I agree Gross and Mitchell may want more. We will know this before the draft. If this is the case cut Godfrey to free up the additional 2.5M to cover their cost and draft a high round safety. I would feel better about this with our front 7 returning.