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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
"We need to keep the good OL we have"
"We can't let this happen again"
Those two are mutually exclusive in a cap environment.
You're very possibly facing the same sort of problem next season if you bring Smith back. That or you're going to end up greatly damaging your ability to build around the OL if you re-sign Smith AND sign someone like Robinson.
The 'emotions of the SB' simply CANNOT be in play here. Veach has done this for, what, 8 years now? He's won 3 championships. He can't let any setback be an excuse to be irrational.
And bringing Smith back would be completely irrational.
I'm going to hope that it's a smokescreen that helps facilitate a tag and trade to get us a pick on the 2nd day somewhere. Pretending that you want to retain him is nothing but a good thing both publicly and in terms of setting up potential trade dialogue.
But ACTUALLY wanting to bring him back would be lunacy.
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We made OL a priority after the Tampa SB and axed a solid vet guard for a 6th round rookie.
I really don’t think Veach is dumb enough to confuse improving a position group and spending money