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Project players are for the later rounds. These are the ones that are nice to gamble on. Not a first round pick like XL…

They are typically prove it deals for players. They play great this one year and one of the 32 teams is paying them a nice contract in the offseason usually.

Flexibility. If they don’t work out we simply walk away. If they look great we have the first crack at extending them.

Gives us some options too. Draft a project one to learn behind him, extend him if he plays great, move on from Icky, move Icky to another spot depending on his recovery etc…

Still weird he signed a 1 year deal as a young decent LT, I'm surprised someone else didn't offer him a longer term deal...

Yep. Just may need a minute to gel with the OL. Same goes for our new C.

I don't hate the idea. I still would like an OT early but it can be more of a project guy now to replace Moton or LT next year Icky pending...

Nice! Looks like it's a one year deal so basically just a fill in until we get some answers with Icky next year.

We also have two very expensive and seasoned OGs which is a good time to insert a rookie OT. Learning beside Hunt or Lewis can really help a rookie OT. I'd love an OT in the 1st/2nd and an C in the middle somewhere to sit behind the guy we just signed for a year.

I think it's Moton's last year regardless. We are almost certainly drafting an OT. If they are high enough they might be out LT this year and then we are going to have to take a long look at Icky and possibly offer a one year deal to see how he is recovered. I could see him sliding to the inside or maybe RT if Moton retires and our rookie LT looked the part. That Icky injury was quite the curveball in our offseason plans....

He is almost certainly out for the year based on his injury. The question is can he come back 100% at all? Maybe they have made some strides in recovery for that injury I'm unaware of. I didn't think Tatum would be playing this year in the NBA yet here he is so who know?

Looking at these I like the thought here. Get our LT at 19 other LB in the 2nd (or vice versa) and future C in the mid-rounds. If the draft falls right this would be a win and anything else would just be a nice bonus...

Why would he be benched this season? Icky is probably out the year and may never get back to his old form?

I Think Miami singed Salyer recently...

Rodriguez and CJ Allen are the brains of this LB class. I’d still love Rodriguez in the second. Honestly Wallace did better for us when he was the green dot.