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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I commend Veach as well for not overpaying for Brown or JuJu. But I think literally every one of us would take Orlando Brown at LT for $16m/year. Hell, I think we'd all take him for $18m/year. Veach's inability to get him down, only for him to trot off and make our biggest rivals better for less, is potentially a disaster that could bite us in the end. That being said, it does take two to tango, and who knows what negotiations looked like behind closed doors.
There is no earthly reason, by the way, why you should be cool with Donovan Smith taking the starting LT job. It's going to collapse, and he's going to get benched. You don't sign competent left tackles in the middle of May for $4m.
We did not keep the WR corps together. JuJu was our best receiver in the Super Bowl, and he's a Patriot. Mecole had his best season, and he's a Jet. They are replaceable talents, not All Pros or anything. We've upgraded over Mecole with Toney, but it's not clear to me we have an answer to replace JuJu -- Rashee Rice is largely getting redshirted this year. Skyy Moore was far readier than he is now, and had a more NFL-ready skillset.
I do agree with your last paragraph. This team should be able to absolutely wear down offensive tackles all season. Our opponents' tackles are going to be asked to take on FAU one snap, then Karlaftis another, before putting Chris Jones in front of them. It's too much, and I do like our abilities there.
But the DT position is perilous (aside from the All Pro that we don't have under contract beyond this year). I suspect the team will be chomping at the waiver wire all season long, looking for a stout DT who can stop the run.
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There's plenty of question marks for sure. For me OT and WR are absolutely up in the air. We could be looking at an upgrade on last year in both or quite a big step back. The OBJ stuff left a bad taste in the mouth as, actually, did the Hardman move. I know OBJ got more guaranteed etc. but we wanted to keep, offered him more and still lost him to the B***als. Hardman I've no indication we wanted to keep him at all, which seems odd given what he got. On the other hand, maybe both guys just screwed themselves by being too proud. Seems that way.
WR as you say could be rough. That's a raw room. But if Toney steps up and Moore develops, who knows.
DT is definitely way too thin. I think we need one more body. The rest we're just going to have to wait and see. The DL has definitely been strengthened and the only move I really hated in the draft was the Conner one. I think we needed that extra pick and I don't get the player at all.