A+ and I considered that with only the Baker & Evans resignings. With the QB carousel going on around the league, we nailed some stability post Brady which is a huge win.
I would also go back to the 2023 off-season and re-evaluate that free agency grade as well. Licht didn’t have many options and $$ and had to take a low risk gamble on Baker. Fast forward to today, Baker and Mike both probably don’t resign if Baker has a poor 2023.
A- sounds about right. It would be an A+ if they could nab a starter or at least some depth at edge and guard. For guard, Greg Van Roten, Dalton Risner, and Laken Tomlinson are still available. There’s still plenty of mid-tier and rehab-project types at edge the Bucs could look at: Tyus Bowser, Bud Dupree, Mike Danna, etc. They’re not flashy, but these guys could be solid additions that would challenge the rookies we’ll inevitably draft at these positions.
Edit: and before you ask where they’d get the cap space from – they could extend Winfield and Wirfs and move some of their combined $36mil cap hit into the future.
It’s probably a B. Held serve to keep together an above average team but didn’t really get any better.
Have all the same holes they had when the season ended plus they lost depth at CB and DE.
You’re going to have to hit on 3-4 day 1 impact guys in the draft which is a tough ask
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A+ and I considered that with only the Baker & Evans resignings. With the QB carousel going on around the league, we nailed some stability post Brady which is a huge win.
I would also go back to the 2023 off-season and re-evaluate that free agency grade as well. Licht didn’t have many options and $$ and had to take a low risk gamble on Baker. Fast forward to today, Baker and Mike both probably don’t resign if Baker has a poor 2023.
A- sounds about right. It would be an A+ if they could nab a starter or at least some depth at edge and guard. For guard, Greg Van Roten, Dalton Risner, and Laken Tomlinson are still available. There’s still plenty of mid-tier and rehab-project types at edge the Bucs could look at: Tyus Bowser, Bud Dupree, Mike Danna, etc. They’re not flashy, but these guys could be solid additions that would challenge the rookies we’ll inevitably draft at these positions.
Edit: and before you ask where they’d get the cap space from – they could extend Winfield and Wirfs and move some of their combined $36mil cap hit into the future.
It’s probably a B. Held serve to keep together an above average team but didn’t really get any better.
Have all the same holes they had when the season ended plus they lost depth at CB and DE.
You’re going to have to hit on 3-4 day 1 impact guys in the draft which is a tough ask