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[Bolt4Knob]

Just to follow-up with Riverwalk and the respect to the defense - it is also older than last year

The four main free agents signed on defense are older than last year -- Jefferson Mack, Perryman and Tomlinson will all be older this year than Jefferson, Mack, Perryman and Hand last year. Oh yeah, they kept Dupree. Now I didn't mind not paying Oweh 96/4 but there is also players younger to sign

Again, signing one year older vets - thats fine post draft, pre-training camp when you are filling out the roster. But his main defensive signings were older dudes on one year contracts. I was fine with Mack. Totally get Tomlinson in a head to head with Hand but doesn't mean I wouldn't have paid Hand 3m bucks to have another $4m to spend elsewhere -like IMPROVING another position substantively not just for this year but future years. Like -hey sign a guy to a 3 y ear contract that is like 25-27 years old.

The data has shown - older rosters do not win historically. The less snaps older players play (excluding K, P, LS and QB) -- the better

Devin Lloyd signed for 45/5 -- that wasn't that bad and he would have improved the defense. Maybe a better safety than Jefferson. I appreciate what he did last year but if you can get better - get better.

[Topcat]

And this is why I give Joe Hortz a D this off-season with $100m of cap space
He needed to do more. And yes, I get that there is still the draft and post draft free agents. But the pre-draft free agents are better and might be worth the cost.
The defense is not better at this point. I know he can draft Edge but how does bringing back guys like Perryman and Jefferson, even to a degree an older Tomlinson make the team BETTER. Treading water at best

I wouldn't give Trader Joe a D...I'm thinking more it's an incomplete...yes, we have a lot of cap space and he could have signed 1-2 more high-priced FA's...but...I think he's a bit gunshy about throwing big bucks around, especially after the Becton debacle...other FA fails included Conklin and Chark...then there was the whole Najee Harris freak accident debacle...out D FA signings have turned out better...Trader Joe has chosen to build a lot thru the draft, and sign FA's to short term deals while limiting our exposure to cap issues...If we can draft a solid G in round 1-2, I'll give him a B, with the chance to upgrade that grade to a B+ or A-, depending on how the season goes...