In reply to James Vargas.

I believe Jess was going by position groups this time.

LB is a lot of question marks behind Parsons. Will Jabril Cox recover fully and be effective, since he didn't get a lot of snaps on D last season before tearing up his knee? Pretty much every other LB is a FA of some type. Will any of them return? If so, will it be the OK ones like Vander Esch and Neal, or the relatively unproven ones like Bernard and Gifford?

OG (and OT) are highly questionable outside of Martin. And even Martin, at 31, is becoming more of a question as he's been getting dinged up more and more of late. He's still performing at an elite level, but for how much longer? Would La'el accept a move to LG to shore up that spot? Can McGovern or Farniok step up to replace a likely departing Williams? McGovern struggled so bad he was benched again. Farniok looked serviceable in limited snaps late in a win, but will he be ready to be an improvement over Williams? As for OT, Steele has shown he can be a very effective RT when he isn't being bounced back and forth between the left side and the right side. But, Tyron is fading fast, and we know next to nothing about Ball. Alarcon was bad enough at OT that they were already moving him inside during preseason.

CeeDee, and Cooper, are bright spots at WR. However, with it still up in the air if Gallup (unlikely), Wilson (50/50), Noah Brown (quite possible), or Turner (very possible) will return, it's hard to call the position one of the strongest on the team. Sure, Fehoko and Vasher have some traits that are very appealing. But, neither have shown it in a regular season game. Fehoko was pretty much benched in favor of Turner for the #5 receiver spot.

IMO, it's a sad testament to the state of this team when very uneven play by our starting QB and RB is still enough to earn them two of the three strongest positions groups. I don't disagree with Jess's selection and reasoning. I just disagree with how the FO is managing this team.