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Express Sign 20 – Committed to Long Team Build

Posted on October 13, 2017 at 04:49 PM.

Many expected the San Antonio Express to make a big splash in free agency with a with a lot of good options on several key positions available. The Express went into free agency with around $100M in cap space and even though they spent about half of that, fans who were looking for a big name will be disappointed. Instead, the Express stayed true to their earlier expressed philosophy of finding younger players they can develop over time and evidently are in no rush to reach the playoffs.

«We have a philosophy for how we want to build this football team,» head coach Chuck Pagano said in today’s morning presser. «We’re in a unique position where we can build a roster from scratch and we want to make sure we’re building it right. We didn't want to go out and spend our salary cap just to spend it. Instead we've brought in a group of young guys who we think have the qualities we're looking for, guys who wanna come into training camp this summer and fight for a roster spot in the NFL.»

The most familiar name among 20 free agents signed is probably running back Ronnie Hillman who’s been without an NFL contract since being released by the Denver Broncos.

«I’m happy with what we’ve been able to put together so far,» owner and general manager Stanley Seraffian said when asked if he felt any pressure to find starters in the upcoming rookie draft considering what many feels are a roster full of holes.

«I’m really happy about our expansion draft and think we were able to get a lot of good guys on our team that we’re very excited about. I think that allowed us to go for young talented players in free agency rather than feeling any pressure to go after high profile and expensive veterans and the same goes for the rookie draft. We’re not actively looking for starters in the rookie draft; we’re looking for talented players with the right skillset that we can develop into superstars.»

The Express hold the #1 overall draft pick in the 2017 rookie draft.

SAN ANTONIO FREE AGENTS SIGNINGS:
QB C.Hackenberg, Age 22 – 1 yr, $2.14M
HB R.Hillman, Age 25 – 1 yr, $1.85M
FB L.Pryor, Age 27 – 2 yr, $1.7M
TE M.Pruitt, Age 25 – 2 yr, $5.8M
TE D.Cajuste, Age 24 – 1 yr, $960K
TE B.Sandland, Age 24 – 1 yr, $960K
OT I.Battle, Age 24 – 2 yr, $3.8M
OT A.Epps, Age 24 – 1 yr, $550K
OG J.Poutasi, Age 23 – 3 yr, $7.14M
OG T.Hopkins, Age 25 – 1 yr, $1.51M
OG J.Matias, Age 24 – 1 yr, $860K
OC M.Martin, Age 23 – 1 yr, $880K
DE T.Palepoi, Age 26 – 2 yr, $5.25M
NT V.Valentine, Age 23 – 2 yr, $5.96M
OLB V.Ochi, Age 23 – 1 yr, $550K
OLB N.Vigil, Age 24 – 1 yr, $1.11M
ILB A.Brown, Age 27 – 2 yr, $3.63M
ILB N.Johnson, Age 27 – 1 yr, $1.19M
DB S.Terrell, Age 26 – 2 yr, $3.42M
K A.Franks, Age 24 – 3 yr, $5.04M