I think it's 50/50.
You may be right, but I have seen too many offseasons where clubs cut a specific player that no one thinks is going to be cut and then there is a frenzy to sign the guy by other clubs to a value contract.
The fact 8 or 9 teams took tackles in Round 1 to me says there are some veterans on those clubs that are viewed as being overpaid, a bit past their primes, etc. but are still quality football players even if they are 31 or 32 years old.
That is exactly the kind of player Washington could use for 2024. I trust Peters that Coleman is an OT in the NFL, but he may not be ready Week 1 and in any case every team suffers injuries during the season and Lucas is one of the guys that seems to get hurt in limited number of snaps each year.
There was a guy on from the Athletic on 106.7 reviewing the draft and he had followed Coleman in college extensively and indicated that Ben's 2022 season would have had him drafted a bit higher than where he went when he was the LT on a team that went to the college playoffs.
He got dinged in 2023 and played half of the season on a bad foot and that took his stock down a bit, but he thought Coleman's toughness and fire to him had him playing a long time in the NFL.
One guy that interested me was Jonah Williams. There were a number of storm clouds to fly through in trying to figure out how the former #11 overall pick ran afoul of the Bengals. Unpacking all of the issues, it appears we had a player in Williams that from 2019-2021 was ascending and graded out well.
Then in 2022 he had knee issues on BOTH knees and gave up an NFL high in sacks and Cincinnati reached for the panic button to sign Orlando Brown to a huge contract in free agency - and yes, Brown is a top tackle so it was not a poor decision by the Bengals in terms of productivity.
Cincy then moved Williams to RT in 2023 and he performed poorly vis a vis his peers while being played out of position.
But he seemed to me to be a good bet to recapture his form at LT if given the chance when healthy in 2024. His contract in Arizona is for good money, but not prohibitive money for a 25 year old player at a critical position.
In a rebuild you don't necessarily want to commit big dollars to veterans, but a 2 year deal for Williams who again is just 25 puts him in the position of being a good bridge and potential building block if he worked out.
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