There are only a handful of attractive FA's this year. Very few.

Will pioli's arrival mean we switch to a 3-4 front defensively? I would be as curious about the schemes he wants to utilize since that will determine whether or not certain personnel will be successful for him.

I think that would have more to do with the new HC than the GM...

Gawddamnit,

Cut Mcintosh, Edwards and Surtain (and i had such high hopes for Surtain)
Add Huard to that list.

LJ won't get traded, no one wants him, and i read somewhere that we would take an 8.8 Mill cap hit, so i dont see that happening.

Gonzo stays, just because he always does.

We go out and sign some sort of combination that includes at least two of these three players: Suggs, Haynesworth, Vilma.

Draft Stafford or Sanchez in the 1st, an OLB or MLB in the second, depending on who we sign, and a RT/RG in the 3rd/4th, and add more defensive depth with the rest of the draft.

I don't honestly see Pioli going after a QB with the third pick. If he is anything like his father in law, he'll be building Defense first. So we may look either later in the draft for a QB or be looking at Thigpen for another year. That said O-line will defintely be addressed whether FA or later draft rounds. Top pick will be a pass rusher...hopefully Everette Brown if he continues to rise up the boards!!

I don't think so. Everyone says Brady was picked late, Cassle was picked late blah blah blah.

Brady/ A QB was taken late because they had Bledsoe, same for Cassel. Demetrioff took a QB in the first rnd, so NE Brass knows that QB is key.

Or get an extra pick and still get Brown.

Would sure like to have Vilma, also A big need.

Pioli knows the importance of QBs. He spent a third round pick on one last year when they already had Brady and Cassell. No way is pioli going into next season with a QB that can't run an offense from under center. If Sanchez or Stafford are still there he'd be crazy to pass them up. There's also no DE's worthy of a top 3 pick this year so i really doubt he'll go that direction.

Surtain has disappointed me as well. He was head and shoulders above Ty "Murphy's" Law (anything bad that can happen when he's defending a receiver can, and usually will), but not a shutdown guy by any means. I also don't think they'll go for a QB in the first round, unless he trades down to get extra picks, then grabs a guy in the bottom half of the first.

I think McIntosh will stay at least long enough to get a little more depth at OL.
I think Huard is gone. He got two out of the three years of his $7.5 mill contract (including $2.5 guaranteed), but now the Chiefs are in QBOTF mode, so I think he'll get cut.
I think Alfonso Boone is toast. Just hasn't shown enough on the interior line or at DE to keep him.
I think LJ will end up leaving in the same kind of 4th round pick deal that Moss went to the Patriots with.