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Edit: one I forgot to cut was Tavon, that saves another 3 million to sweeten some of my signings money a little bit or just to add to the coffers. He's gone too as you can see by my depth chart just didn't add him in.
Waited a while to do the first version, wanted to see the Senior Bowl as Snead and his scouts put a lot of stock in that game from what we've seen in the recent past.
First thing I'm doing is sending Marc Barron in a trade to Cleveland to reunite him with GW who got the most out of him in his 4-3. This saves us $9 million in cap space and nets us pick 4.1 (103).
Our free agents
Our own free agents are going to be fun. I don't think we offer TruJo enough to keep him and he walks for about $13 million a year (He and Butler both sign for about that imo).
Watkins will be an interesting case and I'm not sure any of us have a good idea what actually happens. Some speculation he gets franchised, I'm in the hope not group. And Spotrac has his market value estimation at $5.9 million, which I'm getting him to sign as fast as humanly possible. Personally I'm offering him a 5 year $40 million deal with All Pro, playoff and Super Bowl bonuses. Reports are he loves LA, the offense was good for him and with an off season to work in it and with Jared he's going to hit those incentives. With no guaranteed money in the last 2 years he knows the chances are good if he performs he can renegotiate and extend for more money.
Joyner I'm resigning for 5 years $45 million. He stays with Wades defense and we get him about a million below the franchise tag showing him respect he's earned as our FS.
NRC was great as our slot corner and most importantly was healthy. I'm signing him to a 3 year $10 million deal. A nice pay raise and a short enough deal for him to get a big payday if he earns it before he turns 30.
Pro Bowler Jake McQuaide gets a 4 year $4 million dollar deal to keep the Pro Bowlers together.
John Sullivan was solid at center and gets a 2 year $2.5 million deal.
On our own free agents I've spent $22.5 million and freed up another $9 million so we're now down to roughly $32 million left in space. I've done the math and our draft picks when we include the Browns pick we acquire will be about $6.5 million so we're down now to $26 million.
Free agents
One guy that several of us have had our eye on for a while because he just makes too much sense is Todd Davis. He played well for Wade in Denver and comes to LA to reunite with him at 4 years $22 million.
Another signing that I've seen in multiple spots including Jrry is Bashaud Breeland. Good man corner comes back to play with Coach Pleasant at 5 years $35 million.
Next I'm bringing back one of our own. We're signing a veteran Guard for some depth in John Greco. Give him a 2 year $1.5 million contract with some gameday active bonuses and we improve the depth in our IOL.
Those signings take us down to about $14 million. Now I'm doing what we all know needs to be done and signing our DPOY to an extension. Giving him a 6 year $150 million contract extension with a $70 million signing bonus (prorated over 7 years that makes us take a $10 million hit this year on the cap) with the first 2 years guaranteed giving him $100 million guaranteed. People have been clamoring for this to be done for a long time and we get it done here.
That leaves us after free agency and accounting for the draft with roughly $4 million. We need that money for injury replacements on the cap so we're done with free agency and onto the draft.
Draft
Round 1:23 Joshua Jackson CB, Iowa - I have seen mocks he drops to us and some he goes top 15. I think we can sub in for him Denzel Ward, Isaiah Oliver or Mike Hughes. Jackson goes into the rotation with Breeland, NRC and Webster (likely plays early with Webster still rehabbing).
Round 3:87 Tim Settle NT, Virginia Tech - I'm really torn here because I want Payne badly but I just have this sinking feeling he goes to the Chargers a few picks before us. Harrison Phillips is another very real possibility if he's here but he also might be gone at this point. IMO job #1 this off season is to upgrade the run defense and along with Davis at ILB this goes a long way to accomplishing that job.
Round 4:103 Alex Cappa OT, Humblot St - Alex did great in practice and IMO was moved around too much in the Senior Bowl game to really get any momentum going. He gets time to work with Whitworth and Kromer but is our swing tackle this year and will eventually take over at LT.
Round 4:130 Austin Corbett OG, Nevada - Corbett was the LT for the Wolfpack and will be moving inside in the NFL. This is our 2nd pick in a row from the Senior Bowl and continues depth along the OLine.
Round 5:165 Uchenna Nwosu OLB, USC - Dipping again into the Senior Bowl roster we take an OLB to work in behind Ebukam who I have taking over for Barwin.
Round 6: 197 Kyle Lualetta QB, Richmond - Mannion has one more year on his deal and could be retained but might also go the way of most backups and seek a chance to start with a needy team in 2019. Lualetta had a really good Senior Bowl game and practice week (Hey another guy from that game) and has moved up from a priority free agent to us spending one of our 3 3rd round picks on him.
Round 6: 200 Jamarcus King CB, South Carolina - Double dipping at corner with a guy who struggled last year but came on very nicely this year. He has good size and adequate short area speed.
Round 6: 207 Darrell Williams RB, LSU - My 6th straight Senior Bowl pick is a guy who was buried behind Fournette and Guice the last couple of years but still as a backup managed 820 yards and a 5.7 YPC while also catching 23 balls. He really did well at the Senior Bowl and I think will continue a tradition of backup RB's at LSU that go on to have some success in the NFL this time backing up Gurley.
Depth Chart
QB: Goff, Mannion, Lualetta
RB: Gurley, Brown, Williams, Davis
WR: Woods, Watkins, Kupp, Cooper, Thomas, Reynolds
TE: Higbee, Everett, Hemingway
LT: Whitworth, Cappa
LG: Saffold, Corbett
C: Sullivan, Blythe, Eldrenkamp
RG: Brown, Greco
RT: Havenstein, Williams
DE: Donald, Fox
NT: Settle, Bryant, Walker
DE: Brockers, Westbrooks
OLB: Quinn, Longacre, Price
ILB: Davis, Hager
ILB: Ogletree, Littleton
OLB: Ebukam, Nwosu, Sickles
CB: Breeland, Webster, Hill
CB: Jackson, Peterson
Slot: NRC
FS: Joyner, Countess
SS: J. Johnson, I. Johnson
K: GZ
P Hekker
LS: McQuaide
Returner: Cooper
Have at it, tear me up!! I know this probably isn't what a lot of people will want. There's a lot of anger at our young TE but I don't think we add anything but maybe a blocker. But I also feel that Higbee's blocking took major strides last year and I think he and Everett grow with an offseason of work. I know people want to cut bait on Quinn and draft an edge higher or sign a big free agent but I just don't see solutions there that don't hurt us in other areas. We could draft a replacement in our first 2 picks but a long term CB and a true NT to me are our two biggest draft needs. As I said improving that run defense is my main priority well maybe after extending AD.
Waited a while to do the first version, wanted to see the Senior Bowl as Snead and his scouts put a lot of stock in that game from what we've seen in the recent past.
First thing I'm doing is sending Marc Barron in a trade to Cleveland to reunite him with GW who got the most out of him in his 4-3. This saves us $9 million in cap space and nets us pick 4.1 (103).
Our free agents
Our own free agents are going to be fun. I don't think we offer TruJo enough to keep him and he walks for about $13 million a year (He and Butler both sign for about that imo).
Watkins will be an interesting case and I'm not sure any of us have a good idea what actually happens. Some speculation he gets franchised, I'm in the hope not group. And Spotrac has his market value estimation at $5.9 million, which I'm getting him to sign as fast as humanly possible. Personally I'm offering him a 5 year $40 million deal with All Pro, playoff and Super Bowl bonuses. Reports are he loves LA, the offense was good for him and with an off season to work in it and with Jared he's going to hit those incentives. With no guaranteed money in the last 2 years he knows the chances are good if he performs he can renegotiate and extend for more money.
Joyner I'm resigning for 5 years $45 million. He stays with Wades defense and we get him about a million below the franchise tag showing him respect he's earned as our FS.
NRC was great as our slot corner and most importantly was healthy. I'm signing him to a 3 year $10 million deal. A nice pay raise and a short enough deal for him to get a big payday if he earns it before he turns 30.
Pro Bowler Jake McQuaide gets a 4 year $4 million dollar deal to keep the Pro Bowlers together.
John Sullivan was solid at center and gets a 2 year $2.5 million deal.
On our own free agents I've spent $22.5 million and freed up another $9 million so we're now down to roughly $32 million left in space. I've done the math and our draft picks when we include the Browns pick we acquire will be about $6.5 million so we're down now to $26 million.
Free agents
One guy that several of us have had our eye on for a while because he just makes too much sense is Todd Davis. He played well for Wade in Denver and comes to LA to reunite with him at 4 years $22 million.
Another signing that I've seen in multiple spots including Jrry is Bashaud Breeland. Good man corner comes back to play with Coach Pleasant at 5 years $35 million.
Next I'm bringing back one of our own. We're signing a veteran Guard for some depth in John Greco. Give him a 2 year $1.5 million contract with some gameday active bonuses and we improve the depth in our IOL.
Those signings take us down to about $14 million. Now I'm doing what we all know needs to be done and signing our DPOY to an extension. Giving him a 6 year $150 million contract extension with a $70 million signing bonus (prorated over 7 years that makes us take a $10 million hit this year on the cap) with the first 2 years guaranteed giving him $100 million guaranteed. People have been clamoring for this to be done for a long time and we get it done here.
That leaves us after free agency and accounting for the draft with roughly $4 million. We need that money for injury replacements on the cap so we're done with free agency and onto the draft.
Draft
Round 1:23 Joshua Jackson CB, Iowa - I have seen mocks he drops to us and some he goes top 15. I think we can sub in for him Denzel Ward, Isaiah Oliver or Mike Hughes. Jackson goes into the rotation with Breeland, NRC and Webster (likely plays early with Webster still rehabbing).
Round 3:87 Tim Settle NT, Virginia Tech - I'm really torn here because I want Payne badly but I just have this sinking feeling he goes to the Chargers a few picks before us. Harrison Phillips is another very real possibility if he's here but he also might be gone at this point. IMO job #1 this off season is to upgrade the run defense and along with Davis at ILB this goes a long way to accomplishing that job.
Round 4:103 Alex Cappa OT, Humblot St - Alex did great in practice and IMO was moved around too much in the Senior Bowl game to really get any momentum going. He gets time to work with Whitworth and Kromer but is our swing tackle this year and will eventually take over at LT.
Round 4:130 Austin Corbett OG, Nevada - Corbett was the LT for the Wolfpack and will be moving inside in the NFL. This is our 2nd pick in a row from the Senior Bowl and continues depth along the OLine.
Round 5:165 Uchenna Nwosu OLB, USC - Dipping again into the Senior Bowl roster we take an OLB to work in behind Ebukam who I have taking over for Barwin.
Round 6: 197 Kyle Lualetta QB, Richmond - Mannion has one more year on his deal and could be retained but might also go the way of most backups and seek a chance to start with a needy team in 2019. Lualetta had a really good Senior Bowl game and practice week (Hey another guy from that game) and has moved up from a priority free agent to us spending one of our 3 3rd round picks on him.
Round 6: 200 Jamarcus King CB, South Carolina - Double dipping at corner with a guy who struggled last year but came on very nicely this year. He has good size and adequate short area speed.
Round 6: 207 Darrell Williams RB, LSU - My 6th straight Senior Bowl pick is a guy who was buried behind Fournette and Guice the last couple of years but still as a backup managed 820 yards and a 5.7 YPC while also catching 23 balls. He really did well at the Senior Bowl and I think will continue a tradition of backup RB's at LSU that go on to have some success in the NFL this time backing up Gurley.
Depth Chart
QB: Goff, Mannion, Lualetta
RB: Gurley, Brown, Williams, Davis
WR: Woods, Watkins, Kupp, Cooper, Thomas, Reynolds
TE: Higbee, Everett, Hemingway
LT: Whitworth, Cappa
LG: Saffold, Corbett
C: Sullivan, Blythe, Eldrenkamp
RG: Brown, Greco
RT: Havenstein, Williams
DE: Donald, Fox
NT: Settle, Bryant, Walker
DE: Brockers, Westbrooks
OLB: Quinn, Longacre, Price
ILB: Davis, Hager
ILB: Ogletree, Littleton
OLB: Ebukam, Nwosu, Sickles
CB: Breeland, Webster, Hill
CB: Jackson, Peterson
Slot: NRC
FS: Joyner, Countess
SS: J. Johnson, I. Johnson
K: GZ
P Hekker
LS: McQuaide
Returner: Cooper
Have at it, tear me up!! I know this probably isn't what a lot of people will want. There's a lot of anger at our young TE but I don't think we add anything but maybe a blocker. But I also feel that Higbee's blocking took major strides last year and I think he and Everett grow with an offseason of work. I know people want to cut bait on Quinn and draft an edge higher or sign a big free agent but I just don't see solutions there that don't hurt us in other areas. We could draft a replacement in our first 2 picks but a long term CB and a true NT to me are our two biggest draft needs. As I said improving that run defense is my main priority well maybe after extending AD.
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