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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1029230" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>Jeez, man.... good summary. I wish I could be so concise.</p><p></p><p>I have no specific rebuttal or addition to offer, other than to say that I couldn't disagree with the bulk of that even if I wanted to, and I think you summed up a lot of good observaitions all in one bundle. But you got me thinking about a couple of things...</p><p></p><p>This is one big reason I'd like to see us solve the Safety Problem mostly in free agency. It seems clear at this point we can pretty comfortably get two soild safeties on the free agent market at a very affordable price point, and if we bring in a couple of reliable and experienced vets at that position, they will help stabilize the entire defense with their presence and their "quarterbacking" of the defensive backfield - and even the linebackers. Our linebacker group will most be young for the next couple of years, and haing a Woodson back there behind them will give them a lot of confidence. </p><p></p><p>I'm no GM, just an average (and probably over-opionated) fan, but it really seems to me that there is no other position on the D where it would be more useful to add some veteran leadership than safety (maybe no other position on the whole team, other than quarterback, where I think we are already pretty much committed.) The kids could use a big brother at safety. It really looks now like we could solve the entire safety problem with UFAs, and rely on the draft to strengthen other positions of immediate and/or short term need and <em>still </em>add longer term depth/competition to the safety position with a draft pick or two.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This a good point; some of of our vets will only be at their prime for a couple of more years, and are already starting to slide down <em>out </em>of their "windows" while the team as a whole is climbing <em>into</em> our window of prime Super Bowl contention. As good as some of them may still be coming out of 2023, this would be a good time to start preparing for who is going to be playing those positions 2 years from now. Especially when we have so much draft capital to invest.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to go way out a limb there, though, and suggest that these idea have probably crossed Gutekunsts's mind as well. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah.... I know I'm the one who mentioned earlier that it would be icing on the cake if we can sign free agents this year who won't cost us any comp picks next year, but I didn't put any more than a half second's thought into that, and realized later that a lot of people may have thought that I assigned a lot of value to it.</p><p></p><p>I don't. And didn't. It's sort of along the lines of the "free Frosty keytag" at Wendy's, where last December I paid 99 cents for a tag that gives me a free Frosty every time i buy a burger at Wendy's for the entire year of 2024. It's not a reason to get in the car and drive to Wendy's, but if I'm buying a burger there anyway, it's nice to get a free Frosty to go with it.</p><p></p><p>As long as it's choclate. The vanilla ones taste like melted plastic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1029230, member: 18006"] Jeez, man.... good summary. I wish I could be so concise. I have no specific rebuttal or addition to offer, other than to say that I couldn't disagree with the bulk of that even if I wanted to, and I think you summed up a lot of good observaitions all in one bundle. But you got me thinking about a couple of things... This is one big reason I'd like to see us solve the Safety Problem mostly in free agency. It seems clear at this point we can pretty comfortably get two soild safeties on the free agent market at a very affordable price point, and if we bring in a couple of reliable and experienced vets at that position, they will help stabilize the entire defense with their presence and their "quarterbacking" of the defensive backfield - and even the linebackers. Our linebacker group will most be young for the next couple of years, and haing a Woodson back there behind them will give them a lot of confidence. I'm no GM, just an average (and probably over-opionated) fan, but it really seems to me that there is no other position on the D where it would be more useful to add some veteran leadership than safety (maybe no other position on the whole team, other than quarterback, where I think we are already pretty much committed.) The kids could use a big brother at safety. It really looks now like we could solve the entire safety problem with UFAs, and rely on the draft to strengthen other positions of immediate and/or short term need and [I]still [/I]add longer term depth/competition to the safety position with a draft pick or two. This a good point; some of of our vets will only be at their prime for a couple of more years, and are already starting to slide down [I]out [/I]of their "windows" while the team as a whole is climbing [I]into[/I] our window of prime Super Bowl contention. As good as some of them may still be coming out of 2023, this would be a good time to start preparing for who is going to be playing those positions 2 years from now. Especially when we have so much draft capital to invest. I'm going to go way out a limb there, though, and suggest that these idea have probably crossed Gutekunsts's mind as well. ;) Yeah.... I know I'm the one who mentioned earlier that it would be icing on the cake if we can sign free agents this year who won't cost us any comp picks next year, but I didn't put any more than a half second's thought into that, and realized later that a lot of people may have thought that I assigned a lot of value to it. I don't. And didn't. It's sort of along the lines of the "free Frosty keytag" at Wendy's, where last December I paid 99 cents for a tag that gives me a free Frosty every time i buy a burger at Wendy's for the entire year of 2024. It's not a reason to get in the car and drive to Wendy's, but if I'm buying a burger there anyway, it's nice to get a free Frosty to go with it. As long as it's choclate. The vanilla ones taste like melted plastic. [/QUOTE]
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