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Originally Posted by barrett
I think RB is too easy to acquire to pay serious FA dollars for it.
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Normally, I'd agree with this 100%. In fact, FA dollars this offseason would be best spent going after a tight end like Martellus Bennett.
But I think Miller is decent buy given his age, mileage, and versatility. He isn't a bell cow, so the team will need to consider a back late in the draft, too, but this lessens the URGENCY at the position in the draft given the departures of Foster and Grimes and the ineffectiveness of Blue (and the still unknown in Hunt).
As for Osweiler, the Texans could be thinking we may love a guy like Wentz or Goff but see no reasonable scenario in which to trade up for him without mortgaging every other position in the draft this year and next. Osweiler would give O'Brien the vet he desires that seems ok in the short yardage game.
I'm less thrilled about adding a WR again in FA, though I understand that Jaelen Strong had an uneven rookie season and has demonstrated maturity issues. Washington has terrible hands, and Shorts is meh. Mumph can return too, but all of these guys lack the package that is Benjamin.
The team's M.O. with UFAs has been to fill holes so the 'best player available' can be selected in the draft. So aside from criminally ignoring the TE position (apparently, considering we're still only in the legal tampering window), I'm intrigued by these early developments.