Commanders free agency thread

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I don't see Bobby Wagner as a viable option. We don't have enough cap space to add him, plus extend McLaurin, plus take on the contracts that come along with the rookie class.

I think we're looking more at the Kyzir White, Donta Hightower, Anthony Barr, or Anthony Walker type guys. Just depends what you want - first and second down thumper or a guy to flex into buffalo nickel (Kyzir White).

Similarly at safety I think honeybadger is too costly - and it wouldn't make a ton of sense, we already paid Bobby McCain starter money and we don't want to put Kam Curl on the bench. I don't think the starting caliber safeties would be interested in playing here because of it - I think you can forget about Quandre Diggs, Terrell Edmunds, etc.
There are a lot of depth safeties out there and we can afford to be patient at this position. I think Jabrill Peppers might appeal as the buffalo nickel type, depending what we do at MLB. He is a special teams force too which makes him appealing as a replacement for Everett. Anthony Harris and Rodney McLeod are both available too. Those are guys we can probably get for $3M if we're patient during the second wave and they'd give you solid dependable depth.

This is the part of FA where we should be patient, let the available players sweat a little bit, and scoop up several dependable guys for a few million each.

You may very well be right on that, and I won't freak out if we don't sign the highest available profile, I just want a proven vet at MLB. Many are still available.