good points

No one wants to enter the playoffs as the 5th-7th seeds. Hard to project who will rise and fall. No one, for example, saw a resurgent Seahawks team coming. But it does come down to figuring out how to add talent that can better compete with the 49ers. I think a good thing is that their core needs- OL and edge rusher- directly align with that.

Also FYI, releasing Lewis saves $1.16M in salary cap in 2023.