We know that he is a very fine LB, but top five salary in our financial dilemma? IMO, maybe, but we have other needs which we won't get to if we pay him like $22M or so. Draft, or trade for a bruiser as a replacement; sure, you give up coverage over the middle, but you have to put a legitimate value on Edmunds vs significantly increased abilities on the OL, and then RB, S, DL (again) and plenty of legitimate backups.