Room for disappointment in FA?

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by The Goat

It's a simple proposition... after cutting Marcus our glaring needs this off-season were, and oddly still are, a starting (preferably franchise) caliber OT and a play-maker at SLB. FA has been exhilarating and equally impressive but the two biggest needs remain and now we're evidently tapped out on cap space to address either position in FA. So... we're left w/ the draft to make it happen. Trading down to get a 1st and 2nd round pick could yield two legit starters but may likely put a franchise player at either position out of reach (for example Andre Smith or Rey Maluauga). I'm not complaining here about the FO but just raising the concern. Our o-line was abysmal last year and needs further upgrading, but we're an injury away from being depleted at LB (already too thin for comfort). What should we do now...

I like this thread because it provides the counter point to the people who are head over heels with the Haynesworth signing. Although our free agent pickups were huge they were not many and we're still in the same thin depth position that we were last season.

If we suffer even minor injuries we go down hard like we did last season after going 6-2. People get so caught up in the celebration frenzy that they don't see the macro problems we'll face down the road because the fact is our depth is still terrible.

Haynesworth's contract could have yielded at least 3 or 4 above average players at needed positions. Depth was a major liability for us last year. Signing multiple players at our needed positions in addition to the draft would have improved that liability going into the approaching season.