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Sign Anquan Boldin

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Don't care what it takes, get it done.  We need a reliable threat out of the slot and he provides that in spades.  He's also the reigning NFL man of the year.  Getting KB back and adding Boldin will provide the offense with all of the help it needs to repeat as top 5 group.

If we make this signing, I can live with spending an entire draft on defense.

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1 minute ago, thomas96 said:

I'd be for it, but there are other priorities. Would have to come pretty cheap.

What other priorities do we have?  We can't possibly sign another defensive back.  We are full up at DT.  DE doesn't seem to be a priority based on this draft.  And I'm sure we are going to draft an LB in the 7th, because we always draft a LB.

We have > $20m of cap space.  KK is going to get extended, that's certain, but that won't eat up much of this year's cap.  Star will be extended next offseason.  Maybe I'm missing something, but I think we could easily pay Bolding $4-5mm for one to two years with zero cap concerns.  We cut Norman to spend money somewhere...

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4 minutes ago, uscgamecocks said:

What other priorities do we have?  We can't possibly sign another defensive back.  We are full up at DT.  DE doesn't seem to be a priority based on this draft.  And I'm sure we are going to draft an LB in the 7th, because we always draft a LB.

We have > $20m of cap space.  KK is going to get extended, that's certain, but that won't eat up much of this year's cap.  Star will be extended next offseason.  Maybe I'm missing something, but I think we could easily pay Bolding $4-5mm for one to two years with zero cap concerns.  We cut Norman to spend money somewhere...

Extending guys like KK, Norwell, Kalil, Philly, etc. And we still need safety help, none of the 3 guys we drafted will play safety. DE is a priority over wideout as is OT competition I'd bet. I'm all for it but it'd have to be less than $3M.

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1 minute ago, thomas96 said:

Extending guys like KK, Norwell, Kalil, Philly, etc. And we still need safety help, none of the 3 guys we drafted will play safety. DE is a priority over wideout as is OT competition I'd bet. I'm all for it but it'd have to be less than $3M.

Good point on Norwell - they may well extend him this year.  I don't think Philly will be extended right now, but I know some here really like him.  He's improved each year, so if he makes another leap he might turn into a long-term asset.  If anything, Kalil's cap hold is going to come down in future years with an extension as he's getting up there in age.

I'm with you on adding OT and DE depth / help - I just don't know who is out there that we can sign at this point.  But I think Boldin would easily put up 750yrd / 6 TDs in our offense and would pick up tons of clutch first downs.

We have $32mm of cap space right now - I think we can definitely make him fit, whether its $3mm or $5mm.  It wouldn't be a long term deal but it would provide immediate impact.  Think our biggest concern is maintaining flexibility in future years to resign our core.  Will be interesting to see - we're gonna spend it somehow.

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