I get the sentiment and agree to an extent but drafting Maye or Daniels and giving him bargain bin and dumpster dive WR’s isn’t exactly a recipe for success
They aren't done yet. But also... this was a terrible offensive FA class.
Agreed. I would take a swing at Williams for sure. Something slightly under his last deal (3/$60M) would be a great get.
This is the guy I thought they'd end up with all along.
Ridley is not worth that contract. Sometimes it’s indeed better to let the player go. Ridley is not close to elite.
“He needs to be a 2/3” basically describes everyone available though. They’re not finding a veteran 1 this year. Best case scenario they draft someone with that kind of upside in the 2nd or 3rd.
You're certainly not wrong. But . . . If you have a moment, head over to OTC. It is one of the few places that I know of that breaks down the cap by offense and defense. If you sort of go page by page and look at the best teams, you'll notice that the ratio kind of stays fairly consistent. Offense is usually about $30 to $40 million more of the cap than defense. The Cowboys have an $80 million delta. The Browns have a $120 million delta. Now, obviously some of this is QB but not all.
Excellent post. They’re not going to build a championship roster over night.
It’s probably an acknowledgment, as well, that this team is not an average QB away from being a contender.
The solid O line is what they are decidedly missing right now, and that's probably their biggest problem. One of these FA WRs would be good have but it's not a fatal flaw if they miss out. If they can't pull together a decent set of OTs, then that could really hurt their rookie QB, physically, mentally, etc. Rookie WRs also step in and produce (excepting most of the Pats' picks) right away much more often than rookie OTs.
I agree.
They have made 19 moves in the first 3 days of FA:
19 moves and arguably worse overall outside of QB. As much as Trent Brown is frustrating (to put it mildly) he’s better than Okarofor. The rest seems like a wash and loss of depth. Gibson is a different skill set than Zeke but hardly an upgrade (or an upgrade to receiving back and downgrade to #2 RB).
A few days into free agency and a month before the draft is a little early for this kind of take.
I wonder if it’s because his (more famous?) predecessor pretty much was never healthy in the NFL.
I'm not entirely sure but I don't think so. I think the issue with Parker was that his 2024 salary was guaranteed by the Patriots. I guess when you release a player with guaranteed salary, you still have to pay the salary and then you potentially get an offset if he gets paid by another club.
As far as I know offset is only salary. Williams had no guaranteed salary this year, all the money LAC are paying him is signing and re-structure bonuses. (like last year his salary was the minimum, and then he made like 12M in bonuses.
They shored up their defense, which was already strong, but I think relative to other teams, who had to make cuts, etc., that's an improvement. You might also get more out of these re-signed guys on second contracts now that they are more seasoned, we have good continuity, etc.
The signings in 2000 and 2001 were mostly bargain basement signings and nothing that broke the bank. That many of them hit and played keys roles in the first 3 titles runs was the surprise.
