Top priority - hightower, butler, Bennett (doubt it), Alan branch
Likely gone- Ryan, sheard, Brandon bolden, vollmer
Wouldn't mind or should be cheap- Michael Floyd, duron Harmon, blount, mingo
Luckily a ton of the offseason damage was done prior to or during the season with Jamie Collins, Chandler Jones, easely, etc. Still if they mishandled hightower by some chance they'd be pretty much SOL at the QB position of defense going with a bunch of castaways and 2nd year players, not to mention when healthy donta is a top tier linebacker.
I expect Bennett to walk given his comments over the season in terms of maximizing his years and SB champs getting overpaid. As many have said they will not pay him more than gronk and he likely wants more than that. Hell be missed especially with gronk likely to miss time at one point or another. Maybe Floyd can work his way in and fill that void a bit, but can't replace his blocking.
Would love to sign an RB. Blount is over 30 now and honestly he just is too slow. He put up some decent numbers, but his ypc was lousy, and it takes him too long to get to full speed. When he actually gets some steam he's tough to bring down, but he needs a lot of space and he takes too much time to get to the line. I'd take blount for very cheap and maybe as a goal line hammer, but I'd rather someone else between the tackles.
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