I am moving on from Jones, and going with Richardson, both injury prone, but one is a hell of a lot cheaper than the other. Time for the alleged genius that is Steichen to actually prove how good he is and scheme up an offense that fits Richardson's skill set.
Pierce fits the skill set perfectly with what Richardson can do, and is a must resign, but then needs to be our true No. 1 receiver, who is targeted 8-10 times a game. The 2nd receiver on this team next year needs to be Warren, he needs to be nearing a 100 receptions. I am also fine with cutting Pittman in this scenario and allowing Downs to also flourish. We have the weapons in the pass catching department already. I like Dulin as well, Coleman Owen could also turn into something given a chance.
JT is absolutely a stud, no issues from me, is he a perfect 3 down back, nah, but he is still effing great. Giddens was a huge disappointment, Goodson i don't care one way or the other, same with Abdullah, he played well enough in spot duty, but no huge loss if he wasn't on the roster.
TE's, Warren will improve, and i am happy enough with the depth, not sure i want to mess too much with this.
Offensive line, has actually held up pretty well even with all of the injuries. The starting 5 were one of the top units in the NFL. Having seen Travis play the last few weeks, i am ok with Braden Smith moving on, or signing a low team friendly deal. We need to invest in the draft for a backup interior guy, Tucker isn't good enough.
I am surprised at the love shown here for Ebukam, he has done very little this year. I would clear the decks regards the DE's, Paye, Ebukam and Lewis are all massively overpaid for what they produced this year and i would be moving on from all of them. Latu and JT are good young guys to work with.
The backup interior guys I have been pleasantly surprised with and have no problem with standing pat here. Stewart and Buck have been their usual selves, hopefully they are both back, but we can help them by reducing the number of snaps they have to play next year.
Our LB's are garbage as every down backs. Pratt is worth his money this year as an early down guy, but Franklin makes some splash plays and then whiffs on the next tackle to allow the 3rd and 13 play to be a success for the offense! Everyone else are just scrubs, maybe Carlies has something to work with, but i am not sure Lou agrees.
The defense backs if they are healthy are some of the best in the NFL. Gardner, Ward, Bynum and Cross played well this year. Cross is a player i would like to resign, but i am not sure if he hasn't priced himself out of a contract with the Colts.
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