Legitimately, the answer is fire everyone.
Cut all the bum contracts. Knox, Samuel, etc etc. all the guys we can eat the money for next year with penalty but also additional savings.
I probably trade Coleman if I can get a 4th or conditional 4th.
Hire a younger offensive mind. Probably from the Shanahan tree. I try to dangle AHC/DC duties to a Vic Fangio or a Brian Flores. We are unfortunately cooked when it comes to defensive personnel for the most part, but I’d like to get an experienced DC in there to revamp roles, responsibilities and see who can actually produce.
I dangle our 2026 first for a player. Would have no problem going for Waddle or AJB.
I would try to hang onto our second and see if we can get a premium positional player, either an EDGE or a tackle or even a WR.
I’d bring in a bunch of end of roster guys to fill in the rest of the gaps. We don’t need middle class FAs anymore and we aren’t wasting any more money on them to be the 5th or 6th DL or the 5th or 6th WR. I’d try to get another body at WR in the fourth or even 3rd unless we draft one with our second.
Id pay the OL with the savings from the dead weight we cut. No other big moves.
My idea for groupings would be:
Josh
Cook, Ty, Davis
1st round trade vet (waddle, AJB), Palmer, Shakir, rookie, +\- another rookie and Keon.
Kincaid, Hawes, street FA/UFA
OL as it stands
Rousseau, Jackson, rookie DE, Solomon, street FA
Oliver, Walker, Saunders, street FA
Bernard, rookie LB
Hairston, Benford, Lewis, rookie DB, street FAs.
Bishop, Hancock, rookie DB, street FAs
go bargain bin for depth. Enough is enough of paying the Tre White’s of the world millions to be bad.