Offense
C Cesar Ruiz. Plug and play guy like Erick McCoy last year and 10-12 year starter with pro bowl ability. Now, this is assuming we cut Britt to go HAM on D Line I’m FA. He won’t get out of the 1st round. But if we take care of DL like I expect I’m FA, Ruiz is an instant big time upgrade to Britt.
Defense
I have 4 crushes, 2 in spots on need and 2 in spots not necessairy right now.
OLB/Edge - Josh Uche and Zack Baun.
Baun is a stud at essentially every backer spot and is just a really good player. As a rusher when played at edge he is so good. Good hands, bends, goes speed to power.
Uche played all over as well, although not as many reps in coverage. He showed out in coverage at the Senior Bowl. As a rusher he frickin screams off the edge. Such an explosive rusher that also is refined. Always has a plan, bend, speed to power. Jedrick Wills called him the best rusher he played in college and he had something like a 25% win rate as a rusher which is nuts.
Both of these guys would play SAM on early downs and give them a nickel rusher that we just have not had since Avril. Even with additions in FA, this allows you to upgrade SAM and also gives you another really good rusher off the edge.
S - Jeremy Chinn and Kyle Dugger
Now, these two obviously blew up the combine, spiking their stock. I had Chinn as my S2 and Dugger as S4 going into the combine. The fit is obvious. Both are huge and athletic freaks. But, they both are also fluid athletes that can cover. Chinn manned up on AJ Brown in 2018 and did an awesome job. They both have legit sideline to sideline speed to play single high, which is nuts to even think about with their size. They can both run and hit. Basically, you can play them anywhere in the secondary and I think both have pro bowl type of potential. I think they now cost you a 2nd now, potentially even a trade up.
Obviously we are pretty loaded at S right now, but McDougald isn’t getting younger and isn’t a great athlete as it is. Diggs is a stud and Blair showed a ton of promise. But if you can bring in one of these guys and have 3 guys that can essentially play anywhere, it allows you so much flexibility on defense. They tried to do this with Lano...now substitute him with one of these studs.