BC-Hawk
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After today's events I've been looking forward to the off-season with renewed enthusiasm and taking a look at the list of upcoming free agents and who could potentially be good fits.
One of the first ones that jumped out to me was to bring back Clinton McDonald. He was a solid depth guy for us in his last year here and has been steady in Tampa Bay. Last year he was awesome with 10 QB Hits to go along with 5 sacks. I think he would make an interesting option that shouldn't break the bank.
Another guy I thought of was Alex Okafor who looked really good in New Orleans this year before he went down with a torn Achilles. The injury will likely lower his price. He had 4.5 sacks in just 10 games this year and is still just 26 years old.
I know we just brought in Jason Myers but with Pete's love of competition for jobs, Caleb Sturgis could be another option at Kicker. He started the year as the Eagles starter but Elliott looks like he's taken that job now. Sturgis has a strong leg and is also pretty accurate so far in his career, he's converted 97% of his PATs and 81% of his FGs. This year 50+ yard kicks weren't even a consideration for us, Walsh only attempted 1 the entire year (which of course he missed), Sturgis has routinely been a good distance kicker thus far in his career. Myers lost his job because he was struggling and was eventually given up on by his team, I'm not sure if I want to see us invest in another kicker with potential confidence issues. Sturgis just simply got hurt and I think makes a far better choice.
Curious to see what you guys think would be targets we could look at this off-season.
One of the first ones that jumped out to me was to bring back Clinton McDonald. He was a solid depth guy for us in his last year here and has been steady in Tampa Bay. Last year he was awesome with 10 QB Hits to go along with 5 sacks. I think he would make an interesting option that shouldn't break the bank.
Another guy I thought of was Alex Okafor who looked really good in New Orleans this year before he went down with a torn Achilles. The injury will likely lower his price. He had 4.5 sacks in just 10 games this year and is still just 26 years old.
I know we just brought in Jason Myers but with Pete's love of competition for jobs, Caleb Sturgis could be another option at Kicker. He started the year as the Eagles starter but Elliott looks like he's taken that job now. Sturgis has a strong leg and is also pretty accurate so far in his career, he's converted 97% of his PATs and 81% of his FGs. This year 50+ yard kicks weren't even a consideration for us, Walsh only attempted 1 the entire year (which of course he missed), Sturgis has routinely been a good distance kicker thus far in his career. Myers lost his job because he was struggling and was eventually given up on by his team, I'm not sure if I want to see us invest in another kicker with potential confidence issues. Sturgis just simply got hurt and I think makes a far better choice.
Curious to see what you guys think would be targets we could look at this off-season.