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Walter Football have a reasonably decent list of FA who will be available. If we were to sign 5 free agents who would they be and how would this affect what we did in the draft.
My personal take would be
1. Jeff Faine, C. Instant upgrade over Fowler, only 27, and superior to any center prospects in the draft
2. Dan Kreider, FB. At 31, there is still some life and he would smash holes for Mashawn, bring his average per carry next season to well over 4.0yds
3. Teddy Lehman, LB. A LB, who can play all 3 roles. Depending who fits in best where, he'd be a decent upgrade over Ellison. If it doesn't go to plan we can go after Sean Lee of Penn St in 2009, who looks to be a better player than either Rivers or Connor. Lehman is also a better potential starter than Haggan or Stamer.
4. DJ Hackett, WR. Ok, I know if we also draft a WR then there will be concerns about Evans long term future, but if we are going to carry Reed, Parrish, and Evans, then that still leaves two vacancies as I don't think Price will stay, and Aiken has not ever gotten on the field. Even if we draft a WR, that still leaves us with 5 WRs and the Pats last year carried some big names in Moss, Washington, Stallworth, Welker, Gabney, and have Jackson coming back
5. Cleo Lemon QB. I know a Fin, but considering how shocking the Fins were, his personal performance was noteworthy. He'd be a decent mentor to Edwards, who if he doesn't work out can hold the fort until the next QB of the future appears
I looked at the lines, but everyone was likely to be seriously overpriced at an already overpaid position. Here we need to look at the draft. Also the secondary didn't do too badly, and at TE, with two 3rd picks, there is enough talent here to bag a decent player.
Come the draft then, LB has been settled for another year, we have a WR so its no longer a number one priority.
One draft day, I'd drop down and go DT with Picks 1 and 2. McCargo, Williams, Triplett and Jefferson scare no-one. Starks might have been interesting but his play has badly fallen off and character issues have risen.
R1. Pat Sims DT - character issues are he had a hissy when he wasn't a starter, walked off but then asked to be readmitted and has been a model player ever since.
R2. Dre Moore DT - needs to add consistency but could easily be the same player as Randy Stark
R2. Adarius Bowman WR - big, gets into traffic, a great complimentary weapon to Evans
R3. TE - take your pick - personally I would go for John Carlson who might not be a star but will give us a multi purpose solid TE for the next few years
R3. Justin King CB - adds more depth, was found innocent of charges against him. A junior but already finished his degree suggesting intelligence.
R4. Jonathan Hefney DB - highly rated yet small which might see him fall. He could become a Eugene Wilson or Jeff Burris for us
R5. Jonathan Sullivan C - allowing the Duke Preston experiment to end and a decent back up to Faine
R5. Kirk Barton G - Ohio St leader who can push Butler and Walker
R6. Titus Brown DE/OLB - has fallen because he has weighed too light but a decent pass rush threat to sit behind Schobel and he could become a Mark Anderson for us
R7 a QB to push Hamdan as the 3rd stringer - Alex Brink?
R7 a FB to pack up and eventually replace Kreidar - Jed Collins?
All opinions welcome
" ~ yordad
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