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I hate talking about next season now but I just saw Kearse is a free agent next year, I could see Gregg bringing him.
Good point on Kearse, I never even thought about him. Sign him for a one or two year deal and cut Grant, save 7 million in the process.
I still think we draft a DE in one of the first two rounds, develop him behind Kearse for the first year.
Also we need to add another OLB either through the draft or FA, probably SLB. We have so many options at WLB with Shanle, Dunbar, Casillas, and Arnoux. Not saying we will pass up on a better WLB prospect for an inferior SLB but if all things are equal.
I can see us moving Hargrove full time to the 3-tech spot and form a 3 man rotation at DT between Ellis, Hargrove, and Clancy. I think we will probably add another DT into that group since Clancy is getting older and we should start grooming a DT under him soon.
The TE and RB position is one of the most overrated positions on this team in terms of draft predictions. As long as Shockey can stay healthy we won't invest a high pick on a TE with so many other needs and don't forget we just traded for Dave Thomas who is looking like a legit backup tight end. I can see us adding a blocking tight end in either FA or later in the draft. As for the RB position Bell has been having a ton of success and it seems like everyone wants to replace him. Payton loves Bell and I think this coaching staff will be more than happy with a RB corp of Bush-Bell-Thomas.