I'd be incredibly curious to know what Smith's value was, just for laughs. But as long as Licht is here, Smith will be here.mdb1958 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:21 amI dont see our depth as developing players, more like cheap pick ups that we hope we never have to use. That leads me to o-line players - if they are not climbing the hill of eventual starter, why are they even here.MJW wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:49 am
For the most part, I agree with this. But while you're okay with losing this year, you don't want to embarrass yourself either. It's fine to add solid veteran during a tank to keep that from happening. The most important thing is you sign them to short-term deals with no lingering cap effects.
Ideally, a tanking team will have it's young talented core developing, veterans on one or two year deals supporting them, and depth provided by vet minimum guys and late rounders/UDFAs who fit the schemes.
I even wish we'd trade Smith this year. POTENTIAL OUT: 2022, 1 YR, $14,250,000; $25,100,000 DEAD CAP
Guys I'd love to shop, if we're really, truly serious about the rebuild:
- Chris Godwin. I've talked about this elsewhere. Nothing against CG, but in two years we haven't been able to work out a long-term deal with him, and I kind of doubt we ever will. We can save $19 mil dealing him right now, and we can probably get a 20-32 type pick plus change. With the savings, we can likely re-sign Carlton Davis.
- Cameron Brate. The TE market, which once looked robust, has been decimated by franchise tags. Cameron Brate isn't a pup anymore (this is his age 31 season), but I think we could get a 4th.
- Devin White. I said it. He was basically Kwon Alexander last year. We're going to be paying him $21 mil over the next two years, only $4 mil of which we'd be on the hook for if we traded him now. Some ambitious GM will look at his 2021 numbers and offer a first for him. I'd take it.
