A 2009 Spring Dream....

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by lifetimeskin

It is obvious that we need pass rush and we need a younger OL. I have gone to one of those free agent rating sites, and have sorted the data to only show players that are highly rated and have less than 10 years of wear and tear. So how many of these top ranked players should we go after and how many can we afford???

Pos Name Yr Ht/Wt

C Jason*Brown 4 6-3/320
DE Terrell*Suggs 6 6-3/260
DE Julius*Peppers 7 6-7/283
DT Jovan*Haye 4 6-2/295
DT Albert*Haynesworth7 6-5/320
DT Rocky*Bernard 7 6-3/290
OG Jahri*Evans 3 6-4/318
OG Stacy*Andrews 5 6-7/342
OLB Michael*Boley 4 6-3/223
OLB Leroy*Hill 4 6-1/224
OLB Angelo*Crowell 6 6-1/246
OLB Bart*Scott 7 6-2/240
OT Jordan*Gross 6 6-5/300
OT Marvel*Smith 9 6-5/321
OT Mark*Tauscher 9 6-4/315

By the way, if we got Suggs and Gross, both still can play out a contract, it would be a huge upgrade....but it will come down to cash.

Lifetimeskin~

A lot of these guys will probably sign with their own teams. And the thing that I don't like about free agency is these guys are use to the systems that they play in. With Suggs, Scott and Haynesworth... they all play in totally different schemes than we run here. If they came here they might not be as effective. I'd prefer to be patient and build through the draft and add a piece here and there.

I remember when we signed Wilbur Marshall from Chi back in 88. He was miserable his first few years here cause he was not allowed to free lance and do his thing. I never forgot that and free agency should never be about going out and signing the most talented guy. It's about getting a guy ( like London Fletcher) that can come in and fit what we do on offense or defense.

Look what Carolina had done this year. They went out and upgraded their O-line, moved Peppers back to his original position, drafted a stud young runner, brought back Mushim Muhamed and got back a healthy Jack D. I know Jack D. is a big part of their resurgance but nothing they really did during the off season really stood out. I can see us following the same path as Carolina did. Move JT a little more to his origianal spot, get back a healthy Samuels, add a new RT, get better production from our young wr's and maybe draft a pass rusher then we can be a in a very good position to win 10-12 games.