A 2009 Spring Dream....

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Originally Posted by lifetimeskin

It is obvious that we need pass rush and we need a younger OL. I have gone to one of those free agent rating sites, and have sorted the data to only show players that are highly rated and have less than 10 years of wear and tear. So how many of these top ranked players should we go after and how many can we afford???

Pos Name Yr Ht/Wt

C Jason*Brown 4 6-3/320
DE Terrell*Suggs 6 6-3/260
DE Julius*Peppers 7 6-7/283
DT Jovan*Haye 4 6-2/295
DT Albert*Haynesworth7 6-5/320
DT Rocky*Bernard 7 6-3/290
OG Jahri*Evans 3 6-4/318
OG Stacy*Andrews 5 6-7/342
OLB Michael*Boley 4 6-3/223
OLB Leroy*Hill 4 6-1/224
OLB Angelo*Crowell 6 6-1/246
OLB Bart*Scott 7 6-2/240
OT Jordan*Gross 6 6-5/300
OT Marvel*Smith 9 6-5/321
OT Mark*Tauscher 9 6-4/315

By the way, if we got Suggs and Gross, both still can play out a contract, it would be a huge upgrade....but it will come down to cash.

Lifetimeskin~

I like these 4 and also Jonathan Vilma, who you left off. We don't need to overhaul, but we could certainly get younger and more athletic a some key positions. I don't think we're in bad shape on the OL if we replace Rabach (or move him to guard to replace Kendall) and Jansen. Heyer will be decent at RT, not a pro bowler, but not a turnstile like Jansen either.

Our LB corp needs a playmaker. Fletcher is good but not a game changer, McIntosh is so so and Washington is done. Our DL needs a dominant playmaker so we should spare no expense for Haynesworth. That will help improve our pass rush from the inside out.