I’m cutting/trading every one not named Watson or Tunsil that isn’t on a vet minimum or rookie contract. I’m trading all my draft picks for future picks.
I’ll fill holes on my squad from udfas & 2nd/3rd tier FAs.
My OL would look like
LTunsil-THoward-GMancz-CHeck-Scharping
2022 draft I’m drafting value, looking to trade down often for more picks with an eye on Future picks.
Still looking at 2nd & 3rd tier FAs, trying to roll money & picks into 2023, where I start drafting special pieces & actively pursuing 1st tier FAs.
& the coach I hire in 2021 is most likely a placeholder if I don’t get “my guy”
I think most of us feel somewhat similarly .... This really isn't far off of what my plan for the year would be.
The first thing we have to realize is how bad our cap situation really is & clear the decks of all these bad & mediocre contracts so they have the ability to add talent in the future.
Something I'd like to see them avoid in the future is paying mid tier players mid tier money , there's no upside to doing so when you know the best return on the investment is that mid tier play. (Mercilus , McKinney & Cunningham I'm looking at you).
I'm beginning to believe that those are the type of players you pay while on their first contract and then walk away from , paying them after that , there's little chance they play up to their contracts much less outperform it. Just no value there.
At this point , I think you pay stars and pay for potential .... everyone else can kick rocks.
Sure there are a few exceptions .... I guess that has to be said or someone will blow it up.
The thing that concerns me is the franchise thinking they are close .... they aren't. Getting the band back together isn't an option. A band aide isn't the right course of action.
It'll probably be a tough sell for a potential GM to say this franchise is a train wreck & we need a hard reset that involves cutting or trading several players that equate to a large sum of dead money. That's not what ownership wants to hear .... but it is the truth.