(04-21-2018, 01:47 PM)Etdavis2006 Wrote: I personally grade Caldwell as a top 5 Gm. When you look at the players he’s drafted, the players he’s brought in in free agency and coaches and average it all out, it heavily is in his favor. Add in the fact that the 2012 roster was the worst roster I have ever seen assembled and he may go down as one of the better GMs ever if he can get a Super Bowl win or two.

That 2012 roster had no high end player. The best player was Poz and he was an above average player. Not elite at all. In 5 years he built one of the most talented rosters in the nfl and acquired high end players along the way.

Patience really is key and it can payoff bigly

One could argue rookie Justin Blackmon was a high end player that was just a waste of high end talent.
Greg Jones was still a beast too... I think...
Daryl Smith and Mathis were still around...

but yeah... your point stands lol
Roster was in terrible shape when DC took over.


But I would argue the 2013 roster was actually worse than 2012.
Because of the way Caldwell saw his rebuild. He said he was gonna start from scratch and that's what he did. And the 2013 draft was a terrible draft to start your first GM job lol

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