Rank the units/positions we need to address in order of importance this offseason

Lb
og
cb
s
de
te
dt
k
rb
wr
qb
p

OG, OG, OL, LB, cb/s, cb, OG, OG, OL ;)

Despite all the talk about QB driven league, I don't think the game has changed in it's key to success. To me it still all starts up front. We just have to get better at stopping the run and protecting the QB/being more consistent in run blocking.

So I go OL (RG priority if the new coaches are smart enough to put Turner in at LG) and I wouldn't touch the skill position with the exception of resigning players, especially Miller.
Front 7 is a problem, you got to fix that. We need at least one playmaking LB, plus pobably DEs depending on what happens with Shelby and Vernon.

Add a good coaching staff and I'm confident that we have a good team once we fix these two areas. If you want to be great you also need to address the secondary, but I wouldn't do that until we solidified the front 7.

Owner
OGs
LBs
CBs
Safety
OTs
DEs
TEs
Kicker
DTs
RBs
WRs
QBs
Punter

OG
LB
CB
S
depth at T besides Fox

This all changes depending on what we do with Vernon and Shelby. If we resign both then we are good. If we lose Vernon then I think this becomes our #2 priority behind OG. If we lose Shelby then I would put this behind OT depth.

De
cb
ot
lb
og
qb
te

offseason
GM (check)
HC (check)
DC (check)
OC (check)

Going into FA
OG
OT
LB
CB
FS
DT
DE
WR

coming out of FA, going into draft
FS
CB
OL
LB
DT
DE
WR

HC
DC
OC
OL
DL
LB
S
CB
defensive end

Perfect Derp ;)

OG
CB
FS
ILB
OLB
DE
TE
OT (depth)
DT (depth)
PR/KR
WR (depth if Matthews is not retained)
RB
K
P
QB (I'd like to see the team draft a backup around the 4th or 5th round)

Hc
oc
dc
ot
og
lb
cb
fs
run
dmc

"MikeHoncho wrote:

Hc
oc
dc
ot
og
lb
cb
fs
run
dmc

You....really feel that OT is a bigger need than OG????

Wouldn't it just be easier to list the positions we're OK at? Like um, uh, wait...it'll come to me....

I think a solid head coach will suddenly "unveil" a lot of latent talent. This list will be in flux monthly until the draft is over...

"Pandarilla wrote:

I think a solid head coach will suddenly "unveil" a lot of latent talent. This list will be in flux monthly until the draft is over...

I don't think that a combination of Don Shula, Bill Walsh and Tom Landry could coach up the guards on our roster :shifty:

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

You....really feel that OT is a bigger need than OG????

My bad. OPP should have been on that list.

HC
DC/OC
^^^^^^^ critical needs
OG
CB
LB
QB
S
^^^^^^^ priority needs
DT
OT
DE
TE
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ needs end here
K
RB
WR
P/C

One position I'm a bit surprised everyone seems content with: kicker. Was Franks honestly much better than Sturgis?

"btfu149 wrote:

One position I'm a bit surprised everyone seems content with: kicker. Was Franks honestly much better than Sturgis?

He was barely given a shot to prove himself one way or another on FGs. He did well when he was called upon. It was a bizarre year with so few FG attempts, but I think that it was situational, and not because of lack of faith. His kickoffs were generally very good. No obvious reason not to bring him back for 2016.

"btfu149 wrote:

One position I'm a bit surprised everyone seems content with: kicker. Was Franks honestly much better than Sturgis?

Franks didn't miss anything under 40, Sturgis has missed 5 under 40, in only 50 att in that range(3 yrs), that is horrible, Carpenter has missed 5 inside 40 in 127 att(8 yrs) for comparison.

Very few att this year (16), less than half the att Sturgis had in either year here(34 and 37), so kind of hard to get a good gauge, but all of his 3 misses were beyond 40, and kickoffs were good, so not a priority to change him, especially with all the problems we have.

Holy Moly... I just notice 9.40 Million a year for Albert. We sure could use that for something decent.

"Fin D wrote:

Draft & FA (Starters & Depth)

Here's mine:
Safety
OGs
OTs
DEs
LBs
CBs
TEs
DTs
Returner
RBs
WRs
Kicker
Punter
QBs

Here's mine:
OGs
OTs
DEs
LBs
CBs
TEs
DTs
RBs
WRs
Kicker *Side note from the other conversation: Franks needs to go in the offseason,

"dgfred wrote:

Holy Moly... I just notice 9.40 Million a year for Albert. We sure could use that for something decent.

We wouldn't just gain all that space by letting him go, though. Albert's cap number for 2016 is 10.15 million, and we'd take a 5.1 mil dead money hit by cutting him. Its highly unlikely he's released by the team this offseason. In a year, when its a 7.3 savings vs a 3.4 hit, then he might be, and he's certainly not playing 2018 at a 11.3 million cap number.

Cb, te, lb, de, s, og