Tomorrow's going to be a whirlwind, and I imagine that by the end of it I'll be feeling a bit dizzy. Regardless, here's what I hope our team looks a bit like by the end of the week. Note this is only 45 players. The depth for the defensive line is a crapshoot, and with the expanded roster there's no way in hell to guess what will happen with the third stringers.
QB
Carson Palmer (Cincinatti Bengals)
Tavaris Jackson (Minnesota Vikings)
Charlie Whitehurst
HB:
Marshawn Lynch
Justin Forsett
Leon Washington
FB:
Vonta Leach (Houston Texans)
WR:
Mike Williams
Ben Obomanu
Brandon Stokley
WR:
Deon Butler
Golden Tate
Kris Durham
TE:
John Carlson
Cameron Morrah
Anthony McCoy
LT:
Russell Okung
Tyler Polumbus
LG:
Robert Gallery (Oakland)
Ray Willis
C:
Chris Spencer
Max Unger
RG:
John Moffitt
Mike Gibson
RT:
James Carpenter
A body
LE:
Ray Edwards
Lazarius Levingston
LDT:
Brandon Mebane
RDT:
Anyone but Colin Cole
RE:
Red Bryant
LOLB:
David Hawthorne
Will Herring
MLB:
Lofa Tatupu
Malcolm Smith
ROLB:
Aaron Curry
KJ Wright
CB:
Marcus Trufant
Richard Sherman
Byron Maxwell
CB:
Walter Thurmond
Kennard Cox
FS:
Earl Thomas
Mark Legree
SS:
Kam Chancellor
Mark Legree
So for big new faces, I'm looking mostly at offense. Carson Palmer would be a dream come true. If he can do what he did last year with two aging smacktalkers, he can perform some real magic with Williams and the Youngsters (band name TM).
To protect him, two more big signings in Vonta Leach and Robert Gallery, to go along with a bunch of Seahawks draft picks. Leach is a real difference maker, and while I'm somewhat wary of Gallery, even his worst-case scenario is better than what we've got now. This setup could give a huge boost to the running game, both this year and in the next half-decade. That of course assumes our draft picks on the line both this year and last stay healthy and get good.
The last signing would be either Ray Edwards or Osi Umeniora. Osi would be awesome, but you can't win every Free Agency battle, and I'd rather have Leach, and would take a high draft pick.
This should leave plenty of cap room, so perhaps another big defensive signing could still be in the works. That said, i'd rather they came in well under the cap so they can keep adding next year.
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