but building on your point...

They are not paying and Edge rusher or CB- and they need to. Badly.

And I would argue strongly that they should pay Jones before Dotson. I'll keep the top-tier ILB ahead of the RG.

I also trust Snead and co. to find interior OL elsewhere if needed. Jettisoned FAs, the Draft, 3rd wave free agency/trade. Also, how do they view McClendon? Maybe as the next swing backup OT replacing Noteboom? But what about RG?

I want to keep Dotson. Just don't think they can or should go $15M+/year to do it.