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QB: None of the current hacks. On our trajectory we are certainly going to end up with Levis or Richardson. Who for a backup? Free agent, late round pick?

This is currently a must of course. I just can’t get a read on the college QBs, probably because I don’t watch enough of it. I almost bet that Jacoby Brissett might be available as a backup next year, which would be an interesting twist.

OL: Raimann, Smith and Q. I am leaning more to Q being bad by trying to cover for some scrubs. Although he has been flat ran over by 2nd. tier players, but we know what he is capable of. Draft a RG and center? Or draft one and fill other through free agency? Its for certain Kelly has just went off the chart bad.

This o-line has been a mystery that I can only hope is solved by new position coaches. But yea, keep those 3, find new C and RG.

RB: Taylor is a lock, Jackson? Moss? Draft? Free agent?

Low priority. This group is fine, and I even liked some of the guys we had in preseason and didn’t keep. And I’m sure there will be some capable enough depth guys in the mid-tier FA market.

WR: Pierce, MPJ are certainly staying. Dulin? Campbell? None of the rest of the room seems like much. Of course it could be skewed by how bad the o-line and QB play has been.

I’ve got a hypothesis that this is the new impact position. The more I look around the league, the more it seems that star WRs are largely responsible for making their teams winners. If I wasn’t lazy I’d do some research and map out recent WR acquisitions and what its done for their respective teams. But look at AJ Brown and what losing him did to the Titans and for the Eagles. Or what losing Hopkins did to Houston and for Arizona. Etc. I’m fine with the top 4 we have, but only with a new #1 ahead of all of them.

Tight end: Woods, Granson, Cox? We go with 3?

Keep in mind we have Ogletree on IR and he showed some real promise. I wouldn’t be against a mid-round pick here though.

Defense:

LB: Franklin, Okereke, Leonard, Speed. Convert Franklin, or trade Leonard? Keep Leonard, sign and trade Franklin? Either way our LB room seems fine and all are young still.

This is one reason why I had argued that a package trade that included Hines, Moore and Leonard would have been a nice way to move up in the draft. We have a glut of quality LBs. Even with that, we don’t seem to force turnovers without Leonard, so I’m now hoping he can come back. We play a lot of nickel though, and really I’m not sure that’s a great idea.

CB: Rogers, Brown, Flowers. Facyson, Moore, Gilmore. I know Gilmore is under contract for one more, but let him go and latch on to a team who is on the verge. Moore can leave, Facyson can follow him. Flowers has been used on special teams, but his college film is not bad. Will he ever be NFL caliber corner? Who knows, but he has the tangibles. Brown has looked lost at times, but his ceiling seems like a potential CB opposite of Rogers. Round out with draft or free agency?

If we can keep Gilmore 1 more year its fine with me, dude really is a great player. But a 2nd round pick here would be nice.

Safety: Blackmon, Cross and Thomas seems like a decent core with lots of potential. McLeod is to old to be a part moving forward.

Agree, and another mid-tier FA would probably work out at this position.

DE: Banogu, Kareem, Odenigbo, Ngakoue, Odeyingbo, Paye.
Paye definitely has earned a spot this year. Ngakoue has not been overwhelming this season, but has been ok and worth another shot. Odeyingbo finally arrived? Not sure, but this group as a whole has been very pedestrian. We have to have a more consistent pass rush or we are doomed as a defense.

We definitely need a better pass rush. Banogu is gone, he’s done nothing. Odenigbo just got waived.

DT: Williams, Stewart, Johnson, Cowart, Buckner.
Buckner and Stewart are great building blocks. They are still young enough and are beast to deal with. However, is this a 3 year build, 4 year build or we plugging in pieces and still trying?

It’s a really good group but you can’t have too much depth here. I’m not thinking we need a rebuild, we just need the right coaches.

If McLaughlin can tighten up his intermediate kicks dude has definitely earned his spot as our PK. Sanchez will be back and solve the punting issues.
Rhodes as long snapper is solid.

Yep, this all seems fine. I hope Sanchez will be able to come back to form.