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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
OK, but I'm of the opinion that they just might be planning to pay BOTH Smith and the LT.
We're all smart enough here to realize this is the last year of Jawaan Taylor's salary on the books. If they do keep Smith, it's the last year of Thuney as well almost certainly.
Creed's hit in 2025 is around $10M. Smith's would be around $7-8M. So there is no real window of time where the OL is just eating up some astronomical amount of money.
And IF they do decide to pay both positions, that means your depth is in great shape too. Odds are, you're going to need someone to step up and play at some point and if that means Kingsley and Wanya are swing players at T/G and Nourzad is your backup C, I can see strength in that.
So I've laid out how the spending on the OL really isn't that much of an issue, so then you have to ask yourself, if they don't keep Smith and sign a new LT, how do they use that money in a way that benefits the 2025 team more? Answers may exist, but this FA class does suck out loud.
I think it's totally on the board that Andy Reid is ****ing tired of this middling offense and is going to fix it hell or high water. Draft a RB in this class with this potential OL they are trying to put together and see where things go.
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You don't HAVE to use the money now, though. Cap rolls over and we're going to need every cent of it really quick here as we hit the real teeth of both Mahomes and Jones respective deals.