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I’m on the Boogie Basham bandwagon because I think he is a 10-12 sack per year kind of guy, but if he is gone, I’m not against drafting a CB in the first round. I’d much rather have Collins or Owusu but they might be gone as well. If we can draft another corner that is as good as Tre or within that ballpark, I think that could dramatically improve our defense. Taking away teams #1 and #2 receivers is a huge plus for this defense. At that point you can double the Travis Kelce’s and Rob Gronkowski’s of the world, but once again, I am firmly on the Boogie Basham bandwagon, he is my favorite prospect in the draft.

NFL will have no problem rebounding.. If this is the minimum, I expect the number they settle on to be much higher than this.

He’s solid. No need to make a hole here.

I don’t see much issue with the compensation. Wentz is an okay QB, good enough to win a lot of games with the right coaching and supporting cast. Contract is a bit iffy but I doubt the Colts could get a better QB in the draft. This move probably makes them an 11 win team.

He’s worth keeping for another year but I agree that this line could use a few upgrades.

He’s our 5th receiver, 4th receiver at best if John Brown is gone. Rather draft a player on a cheap rookie deal for 4 years with more upside. Maybe he gets $3M maybe.

DE is one of the hardest positions to play in the NFL, whereas RBs can transition right away. Too early.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/contracts/guard/ Spotrac has 30.

It’s still early for me, still trying to get a feel for the draft but I like: Carlos Basham, DE, Wake Forest Zaven Collins, OLB, Tulsa Jeremiah Owusu, LB, Norte Dame Hoping we can grab an interior lineman or tackle depth in RD2. TE RD3-4.

Agree to disagree is fine by me. I’m sure we’ll likely agree in some other thread on some other random topic, no love lost. I just think you’re salty over the Chiefs game. Chris Jones is what he is, probably the best DT in the NFL not named Aaron Donald.

I wanted the Bills to draft both these guys. They played for the Gators with Tim Tebow IIRC.

Even a slightly below average retread gets $5M. Any FA making less than that is likely a bottom of the barrel, backup lineman who will likely be a camp body at best. Feliciano can play guard and he can also play center, that versatility is extremely valuable. Outside of being handled by Chris Jones, which I will absolutely admit, he got handled, but outside of that he looked like a quality lineman. Not an All Pro, but a respectable lineman to put in front of Josh. Not elite, but solid. I see no need to make a hole there, won’t find a better free agent for the money and we only have so many draft picks, which we would be wise to spend a 2nd or 3rd on a few linemen as is anyways.

Better than Spain was. Probably a top 25-30 guard in the NFL. Not elite but slightly above average. Way better than $3M, that’s less than John Miller made last year. Feliciano is way better than Miller. Find an elite guard in the draft and we have two above average guards locked up for the next 2-3 years.

He was good all year, struggled one game against a premier player.

Seems grossly negligent to not put a quality line in front of your budding franchise QB. Especially when he likes the player in question. Did we not learn from Kansas City?

I think we won’t spend much, although if we free up a bunch of space, that’s a possibility. I’m hoping for veterans that either A.) Will accept less for a shot at a Championship.. or B.) Are willing to sign a cheap one year prove it deal. Guys like JJ Watt, Bud Dupree, Jadeveon Clowney, Justin Houston, Solomon Thomas (cheap deal near vet min), Tyson Alualu, Malik Hooker.. Offense: AJ Green, Mitchell Trubisky, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Russell Okung (backup/depth), Cordarelle Patterson, Jacob Hollister, Rex Burkhead, Leonard Fournette, LeVeon Bell, DeDe Westbrook. Defense does seem to have more quality players readily available.

His value is around $2M. I’d love to have him back at that rate on a one year deal.

This sounds about right to me. Feliciano is a dog though and Allen loves him. May be closer to the $6.5M-$7.5M range, but likely not much higher than that. Our players and staff love him, and since Feliciano is confident he’ll be back means to me that he will likely get paid. Doesn’t break the bank, we continue to build a dominant line around Allen. Sounds good to me.

This has to be so depressing for Texans fans.. JJ Watt, out and now Deshaun Watson wants out too. I mean, what a soul sucking reality for that fan base. Should give Watson a pay bump or something, you cannot let him go if you’re serious about winning.

Maybe he just needs a change of scene. I really don’t know. Two 1sts is terrible, I mean absolutely terrible value for him. Could see two 2nds. Extensive injury history would scare me away.

Please, please, please. I know he’s struggled with injuries and his production dipped but one guy I’d never rule out is JJ Watt. He is a freak of nature, he’s not terribly old, I think we can squeeze one more good year out of him. I covet him the most of any FA.

No doubt. We can’t have A+ talents at every position. Feliciano is not the problem, probably a B to B+ player. He’s a big fat angry SOB and Allen loves him. Wont cost a ton.

JJ Watt would be incredible. Should be a reasonable contract, could have a bounce back year and completely outplay his contract. Jadeveon Clowney on a team friendly deal would be a good move as well. Give me both of them!

I think he is a slightly above average pass blocker, it’s not like he’s terrible. Obviously when he is in, we can run and when he’s not in, we can’t run. I think having a road grading center can set the tone for the rest of the OL. Add a few road graders in the draft to challenge Ford and hopefully our line is more balanced.

Good player. You can say what you want about the AFC Championship game but make no bones about it we run the ball better with Feliciano in there. Think Feliciano would do very well at center.