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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
All true, but now go in the order of 'most likely to have to take in the 1st round' to 'least likely' and aren't you able to rank order that a bit?
1) QB - Smith; if you're replacing him in '18, it's going to take a first rounder
2) LB - Johnson and Chaff - This is a thin ILB class, IMO. After the 2nd round, you're digging through Ramik Wilson kind of LBers unless you think you can snag someone like Kendall Beckwith or Alex Anzalone and get lucky with injuries.
3) NT - also not a great NT class but there are some guys here that will likely be able to be found in the 2nd and 3rd rounds; guys like Jaleel Johnson, Montravus Adams, Elijah Qualls, etc...; you can get your NT a little later. And if you needed to, Jones could play the nose so you can add a pile of solid DEs to this list to deepen it if you wanted.
4) CB - Just in INSANELY deep draft class and you're not looking to replace CB1 next year, rather you're looking at CB2 where you can scheme around some weaknesses.
Based on that, I think you're likely to see QB, ILB, DL and possibly WR in that order (Maclin is a very possible cap casualty next season).
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Agreed, reasonable conclusions.
FTR Albert Wilson is also a FA in 2018, Conley in 2019.
The entire thing hinges on "if you're replacing him in '18" though.
Our QB depth chart is very thin right now, which is another indicator.
Alex Smith
Tyler Bray
Joel Stave
That is an ugly QB depth chart.
Don't forget the RB position, Ware is probably better as a #2.