5 tough salary choices

[skinsdad62]

The Redskins will face tough contract decisions on these five upcoming free agents

who goes ?

 

[SkinsDalltheWay]

Preston Smith is the one to likely command the most in that group, and is my choice for most likely to leave.
Crowder has had a good year and a bad year so far. A lot will depend on this year for him.
Nsekhe might walk to a better offer...
Lanier won't command a huge contract and is replaceable otherwise.
Colt McCoy may be in line for another team friendly deal but may choose to leave on his own accord.

 

[Sportster 72]

That is the NFL in a nutshell. Who and when do you replace veterans due to age and/or salary? Crowder is due at the end of this year, Doctson has two more years. Trent is getting older and more injury prone, how much do you pay for a 3rd tackle. Finding younger less expensive talent is the key to being a good team and continuing to be a good team.

 

[skinsdad62]

That is the NFL in a nutshell. Who and when do you replace veterans due to age and/or salary? Crowder is due at the end of this year, Doctson has two more years. Trent is getting older and more injury prone, how much do you pay for a 3rd tackle. Finding younger less expensive talent is the key to being a good team and continuing to be a good team.

drafting and valuing drafts picks are key to being good not making splashes in FA . not sure synder gets that and some people on this board

 

[Breed]

Preston Smith is the one to likely command the most in that group, and is my choice for most likely to leave.
Crowder has had a good year and a bad year so far. A lot will depend on this year for him.
Nsekhe might walk to a better offer...
Lanier won't command a huge contract and is replaceable otherwise.
Colt McCoy may be in line for another team friendly deal but may choose to leave on his own accord.

Lanier is going into his 3rd year and might become the Skins newest most intriguing player with a big year.

Nsekhe looked pretty good in his stint at LT. If they do decide to play him at OG this year and he handles it. He'll become that much more valuable to the Skins.

Agreed on Crowder, though I thought the last half of the season was decent. He was good grief terrible during the first half of the year.

Preston Smith has that potential man among boys vibe about himself to an extent and that will always intrigue someone. With a big year he can write his own ticket pretty much.

 

[gkekoa]

Preston Smith will probably leave because I don’t see us giving him 10-12 mil per season unless he gets 16 sacks. I would definitely look to keep him though unless he lays an egg.

I am torn on Crowder and his value. Jarvis Landry just signed for 15 mil a season. I do not see JC near that but I can see him getting close to ten million which is crazy to me. I see him more as an Amendola type in the 6-8 mil range.

Nseke is old. Sorry but I wouldn’t throw much his way.

I don’t care about McCoy in the least.

Lanier has my interest. I would love to see him with a Dunbar type contract if he continues his improvement.

 

[deanpet21]

The drafting of Christian should be the exit of Nsekhe.
IF Quinn does anything this year Crowder could be gone. Im still leaning towards keeping Crowder.
Lanier is a rotational type player wont cost big money to stay
P. Smith needs to have a big year to command a huge contract.
MCoy we could go either way on.

 

[SkinsDalltheWay]

Speaking of Preston Smith, since 2014 he is ranked 11th based on sacks per year with 6.8 sacks per year. It's some but not a ton...

These are the top 4 players in Sacks by year drafted:
Draft|PlayerName|YearsInLeague|TotalSacks|SacksPerYear
2016 Joey Bosa 2 23 11.5
2014 Khalil Mack 4 40.5 10.1
2016 Yannick Ngakoue 2 20 10.0
2014 Aaron Donald 4 39 9.8
2015 Danielle Hunter 3 25.5 8.5
2017 Carl Lawson 1 8.5 8.5
2015 Vic Beasley 3 24.5 8.2
2015 Frank Clark 3 22 7.3
2017 Myles Garrett 1 7 7.0
2017 T.J. Watt 1 7 7.0
2015 Preston Smith 3 20.5 6.8
2016 Matt Judon 2 12 6.0
2017 Takkarist McKinley 1 6 6.0
2014 Demarcus Lawrence 4 23.5 5.9
2016 Leonard Floyd 2 11.5 5.8
2014 Jadeveon Clowney 4 20 5.0

 

[skinz2winz]

drafting and valuing drafts picks are key to being good not making splashes in FA . not sure synder gets that and some people on this board

Not going to defend Snyder here but in the past 4 years things have begun to change in terms of signing over the hill FA's or giving away draft picks. Snyder deserves some sort of credit for staying the F out of the way for the most part. You have to hit in the draft, have younger players perform well enough to replace older pricey veterans and of course buy-in to what the HC is selling. Hungry talented young football players out to make a name for themselves (don't kid yourself they are all looking for that big pay day) are the players you need sprinkled in with a few "not over the hill" vets to make a run at a Championship. Each winning formula is different, just look at the Eagles roster last year to emphasize young talented hungry players which they have along with a few seasoned vets which they brought in via FA and some good mojo and there you have it.