I like Tomlinson a lot but if we have a shot at Golladay or Robinson, I’m opting to re-sign LW and using the Tomlinson money to put towards signing Golladay or Robinson. This obviously assumes we aren’t able to perform the cap gymnastics required to sign LW, Tomlinson, and a top free agent WR.
In my opinion it’s harder to find a legit #1 WR than it is to draft another guy that is close to Tomlinson’s caliber. I think this is a case where you have to figure out which position will have the biggest impact on the win/loss column. I feel that is a #1 WR since it is just as impactful on the running game as the passing game.
How does everyone else feel about this?
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Ih he walks and Tomlinson walk you're left with LW and Lawrence unless you're banking on a RJ McIntosh to suddenly get healthy. The cupboard would be bare
I thin the mistake people make is, just throw a draft pick and the problem and it would be solved. I think we all see the mistakes in that thinking..
No he's not. Link - ( New Window )
Youre right. Last year. Doesn't change anything
Actually, it changes a fundamental point of your argument, but carry on.
It actually doesn't because Tomlinson and Hill do not play the same position. So if you remove Tomlinson, who replaces him? Home a draft pick steps up?
Lawrence replaces him at NT. Hill replaces Lawrence at DE.
Look, you're wrong. Stubbornness doesn't change that. Maybe you can pretend some other players are FAs when they're not.
What am I wrong about?. I am disagreeing with this part of our assesment. It's called an opinion. I already acknowledged my mistake with Hill:
If everything goes according to plan, we're going into the draft with a #1 WR added to our offense, and still have a DL that includes Williams, Lawrence, Hill (who is NOT a free agent this year, despite DC's suggestion that he is), and then look to bring back Austin Johnson on a reasonable deal, and then add a draft pick and maybe this is the year that McIntosh actually suits up on Sundays.
That, to me, provides the balance that we need to pull the offense out of the doldrums and really shouldn't result in too much decline on the DL - certainly there won't be a lack of resources and assets there even if we let DT walk.
Your option is to move the the defense around and move Lawrence to NT, put Hill at DE, hope to McIntosh, plays and hope to resign Austin Johnson? How long do you think it's going to take to get them guys working together?. Half a season?.
And you're telling me that is not going to lead to a decline?. My point as was, you can let LW walk and put the resource toward an Edge or pass rushing LB. I think the loss of LW can be mitigated more simply by putting Hill back at LW (Where he had 5 sacks as a rookie) position and sign a Edge.