As much as anyone wants to focus on other areas, our biggest need is penetration from the defensive line. We were middle of the pack in hurries, but bottom five in Qb hits, knockdowns and sacks. Despite that we were still tied for fifth in interceptions. With an improvement in penetration, we are legit Super Bowl contenders again.
Let Ansah walk. Re-sign Jefferson.
As much as it seems counter-intuitive, I want to let Clowney walk. As I have pointed out in other threads, he is a great penetrator being in the top five in several categories other than sacks, but we need to get the QB on the ground. I'd much rather see us sign Robert Quinn who should cost less than Clowney due to age.
Use that extra money to snag either Javon Hargrave, Maliek Collins or David Onyemata to pair with Reed or if we can get a combo of them, let Reed walk completely. I put Hargrove well above the other two as his missed tackle percentage is significantly lower than the others. The other DTs out there will be out of our price range.
As much as the big space eater Al Woods made a difference, I don't want him back. He has passed his prime and has practically no ability to get to the QB. It is very interesting to me that we signed Bryan Mone, since he does not play his size at all. If our staff is working on getting him to lose thirty to forty pounds without losing strength he might prove to be our space eating DT.
There are a bunch of other spots that we can fill with free agency, but these are the key moves.