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So ugh, here we are again. Thank you thank you!

Who could be some free agent LBs we could bring in for depth or possible start? Per sport trac, I would take a look at

ILB

1. Dion Jones - CLE
2. Devon Bush - PIT
3. Roquan Smith - BAL - he is a UFA but I'm sure BAL will lock him up
4. Tremaine Edmunds - BUF

Those are the four ILBs I would be interested in. Please provide input on why or why not for any of those players or provide a better option.

OLB

1. Resign Melvin Ingram on a team friendly deal.
2. Anthony Barr - DAL - a little old (30) but was very good with the Vikes and could provide veteran leadership in that unit. Team friendly deal of course
3. Lorenzo Carter - ATL - is he any good?
4. Nick Vigil - ARI - is he any good? He's on IR right now though for a hamstring. He's been on three teams other than the Cards. Vikes, Chargers, Bengals.

Wait a minute... he's not the one that Flores was trying to beat up was he?
Again, why or why not and please provide reasons or any insight on other players. I will say that this is on top of drafting both positions. We really need it. But I'll leave the draft for the draft gurus!

Please please please do not turn this into a friggan QB thread.

Thanks!
 
I like Jones, Bush, Smith and Edmunds. Not sure the money will be there though to sign any of them but I am negotiating with all of them. Buffalo won't be able to re-sign Edmunds. They have too many FA's and also Gabe Davis practically playing for free (by NFL standards) so that won't continue into his 4th season.

We may have to work really hard to trade Emmanuel Ogbah and Cedrick Wilson. And by work hard, I mean give someone some draft picks to free up cap space. Not going to be a popular idea but I think it will be the most prudent.

Jason Sanders will get released and we'll save his full salary of 3.375M. Christian Wilkins's 10M salary can be reduced a great deal with an extension so those are likely the two moves to get us under the cap before FA begins.

The only other player I can see getting released to save money is Jerome Baker, but even then we're taking almost a 10M hit and saving like 3.8, instead of taking close to a 14M hit and keeping him. Baker might want to consider taking a pay cut, otherwise he'll be looking for work and won't get nearly as much in salary in 2023. I think if he takes a 2M pay cut, he could stick around, even though I absolutely want him gone. Can't argue with the $ aspects of it.

As far as the draft goes, love the Cincy LB Ivan Pace Jr. He'll be a target in round 3 if he's still on the board.
 
Anthony Barr has lost his speed. He's done as a full time backer IMO.
Watching him fill in for LVE these past few weeks has been tough.
 
Azeez Al-Shaair makes a lot of sense to me. Comes from the 49ers, will know McDaniel, hopefully we can get some of their defensive coaches here…


Bobby Okereke - linebacker on the colts, I think he’s a tackling machine / run stopper kind of guy, but decent

I think we have to aim our sights lower than the “stars” but I wonder if we could cut Baker and bring a couple guys. Baker could be better with more talent around him? But honestly rather move on (if we could get a pick that would be great) but let’s see what Tindall can do, similar players probably at this point
 
Michael Scott said:
Do whatever we can to create enough cap space to sign Tremaine Edmunds. He fills a huge need and is still a young ascending player. Also weakens the team we are looking up at in the division.

If not, then I’d love to bring in a guy like Drue Tranquill.
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Tranquil would be cool too. He went high school about 5 miles from where I live

Sucks he’s torn both ACLs already though
 
artdnj said:
Baker can go I have seen enough and it's not good
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I agree but... like @theghost said, his contract makes it not worth it. I would try to renagotiate and ask him to take a pay cut and keep him around. For depth reasons only. And only one more year. Other than that, yes, he is basically worthless. But we are so paper thin, depth is the only reason i keep him
 
The Ghost said:
I like Jones, Bush, Smith and Edmunds. Not sure the money will be there though to sign any of them but I am negotiating with all of them. Buffalo won't be able to re-sign Edmunds. They have too many FA's and also Gabe Davis practically playing for free (by NFL standards) so that won't continue into his 4th season.

We may have to work really hard to trade Emmanuel Ogbah and Cedrick Wilson. And by work hard, I mean give someone some draft picks to free up cap space. Not going to be a popular idea but I think it will be the most prudent.

Jason Sanders will get released and we'll save his full salary of 3.375M. Christian Wilkins's 10M salary can be reduced a great deal with an extension so those are likely the two moves to get us under the cap before FA begins.

The only other player I can see getting released to save money is Jerome Baker, but even then we're taking almost a 10M hit and saving like 3.8, instead of taking close to a 14M hit and keeping him. Baker might want to consider taking a pay cut, otherwise he'll be looking for work and won't get nearly as much in salary in 2023. I think if he takes a 2M pay cut, he could stick around, even though I absolutely want him gone. Can't argue with the $ aspects of it.

As far as the draft goes, love the Cincy LB Ivan Pace Jr. He'll be a target in round 3 if he's still on the board.
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I will definitely be looking at the linebackers in the draft. For me I would go round two and three depending on what we can get in FA
 
I think we'll be far away from anybody close to a sure thing but I'd sure like one of the players NFL ready ala White, R Smith
 
C l u t c H 385 said:
Ah yes, every player will want to sign a "team friendly" deal...
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I only said that about Ingram and Barr because they are team friendly players. (Only worth that I mean) if I couldn't get them on one, if not then I would pass. No one ever said they would sign one...
 
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