So the criticism shifts from the picks to the retention...

How much would YOU have offered Datone, Lacy, Tretter and Hyde? I recall people posting about offering Lacy a 1 year deal for $2M plus incentives. The Packers gave Lacy an offer, Seattle beat it. It's not like TT and M3 didn't want him back, at least according to M3's comments. It's a good drat for RBs supposedly, so TT will find an in-shape, cheaper, non-injured replacement.

I've already mentioned Hyde.
Tretter wasn't worth starter's money as a backup. Linsley is the starter for one thing, and Tretter can't stay healthy for another. Plus Cleveland offered him a ton of money, and even McGinn was talking the season before this one about how Tretter was likely gone.

Good for these guys for getting paid; I don't have anything against them. I just don't think their contracts are worth it.

pbmax is right about the problem with this draft being only one cornerstone.