JayhawkMike":x4jk8y27 said:
Sgt. Largent":x4jk8y27 said:
- Diggs given an extension or franchised
- Wagner restructured with another year added but at a lower cap hit
- Penny given a one year deal with 2-3M of guaranteed money
- Brown brought back on another team friendly one year deal
- One big D-line free agent signing
Draft? More tricky to predict. SHOULD be heavy on the D and O line, but who knows with Pete and John.
Good list. In years past it always felt like we needed oLine and dLine help and I’d watch the draft and there always seemed to be a run on those players right before our pick. Always. 6 good DEs? All gone. 3-4 first round quality OLine? All gone. Every darn year.
Good list. Hope it happens.
Very hard to find immediate difference makers on the D-line late in drafts.
We aren't alone in taking questionable character risks (Irvin, McDowell, Clark), or hurt/developmental projects (Taylor).
Since we have no 1st rounder to take another dud reach like McDowell, that's why my prediction is this is the year to go hard after a big name D-line free agent.
And this is a good free agent class of edge rushers and D-linemen.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/edge/all/
If we don't sign one or two of these guys? I will consider it an off season failure. Enough already with the band aid 3rd and 4th tier sloppy 2nds that blow out their ACL's in week four or disappear for entire seasons.