Layla Rahimi
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But that's why this gets tricky.
Don't try to sit here and tell me that certain positions aren't more fungible than others in the NFL.
We see them change.
Yes, you hit on Kyle Menungai in the seventh round, but that doesn't mean that you can do the same thing with a defensive tackle or an edge rusher.
Look at the price in free agency.
Look at the price you're paying your own defensive line.
So you mean to tell me when Montez Sweat is your highest cap hit at 25-08-5 at 8.3% of your cap next season, when Jalen Johnson is second and another defensive player, then it's Joe Tooney, then it's Dio Odengbo and Grady Jarrett.
So you mean to tell me that you understand how much of your cap is spent on defensive line?
And yet you don't want to try to refill any of that.
And this is a free agency year for Jervon Dexter coming up at the end of the season.
You don't want to refill any of that through the draft.
Positional value matters.
That's why a lot of teams build from the inside out because it's the most expensive outside of quarterback.
So tell me how this process is sustainable when you know what you're going to have if all things go well and you have to extend QB1.
How does that work?
How much money are you spending?
It seems like a lot to me.
This is his second Achilles tear.
We don't know when he's going to be back.
But here's the problem is when you pay guys on defense...