04-09-2025, 09:59 PM
(04-09-2025, 12:50 PM)jj22 Wrote: For the life of me I'm not sure why they were so fine with sticking with Battle and Stone....
I assume Battle is their version of Volson, a cheap young starter they assume will gradually improve. We can blame everything on "communication" but I think it has more to do with other positions taking higher priority. Like, Emmanwori would be great in the 1st or Watts in the 2nd has the upside of working with Golden but the needs on both lines means safety may wait til later.
Stone on paper looked like a cut, but obviously they see his coverage upside and think they can cover his weaknesses better with a new scheme (I know, I know). They also hate dead money, so unless they get a top 2 round safety I think he stays. Any other year, if you could get away with LB and S high, they'd save a lot in cutting Stone and Pratt, but we're here.
