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34 sounds like a big number, but it's not that scary. Half the dudes on that list aren't even going to be on this year's 55-man roster, at least not without bouncing around on the practice squad for some time. Their losses are negligible because they can easily be replaced by random JAGs. A couple players are RFAs. We can easily keep Ward and Niemann around for another year (yeah, I know we reeeeally need Niemann, right?).
And some guys like Anthony Sherman are just going to keep signing 1-year deals until he retires. We need a starting center, and Reiter will probably re-sign for dirt cheap, unless he gets above his station and demands a top 10 C contract, in which case... bye. We'll just use some guy already on the roster like Allegretti or go find another Reiter off the scrap heap. LDT... yeah, sorry doc. We're not paying our next guy that number.
Everybody else on that list except for Jones is replaceable. And even then, our interior line isn't going to have the same unrelenting pass rush, but dynasties don't become dynasties by staying the same. They have different strengths and weaknesses from year to year. We may instead opt to find more interior guys like Nnadi instead of gap-shooters like Jones, who's honestly kind of a leftover from when we drafted him as a 1-gapper 3-4 end. That can honestly be just as effective of a defense when paired with an offense like ours. Plus, we've got Brendan Daly for at least another year.
And... oh yeah. Draft picks. We have draft picks. We're actually going to have more than 7 next year, too. And if we have a little bit of luck developing one or two of these current drafted and undrafted rookies in our secondary as CB depth, we're going to keep on being just fine at the position.
We'll be fine.
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