(10-21-2018, 10:42 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(10-21-2018, 10:27 AM)Bullseye Wrote: (Numbering added)

1.  There are plenty of good players on this team that weren't "obvious."  Jack, Ngakoue, Linder, Telvin Smith, Allen Robinson (no longer on the team).

2.  Last year, the team signed Bouye, Campbell, Church and traded for Dareus, which made last year the biggest free agency/veteran haul this team has had in quite some time.  This year, the team signed Norwell and ASJ.

You think Jack wasn't obvious? Except for Allen Robinson all the other guys were drafted in the third round or later. I can understand that ngakoue was after two studs so he couldn't be taken earlier, but with the other guys I don't see how taking them later means he recognizes how good they are and didn't just happen to have the pick turn out in a fortunate way.

As for the free agent stuff if you have an underlying point you want to make I'd like for you to just make it.

If Jack were "obvious" he wouldn't have lasted until the 2nd round.  I know he was highly regarded, but there were injury concerns that forced his fall from a top 5 pick to maybe a top 5 pick of the 2nd round. Heck, Dallas had a need at LB and took Jaylon Smith over Jack in the 2nd round that year.  Jack wasn't "obvious," and neither were the guys taken later.

The free agency point should be pretty obvious.  I think history has demonstrated TC does not hesitate to sign FAs, even bigger ticket FA signings.  His additional credibility makes the team more attractive for free agency signings than this team without TC.  Conversely, the team was arguably hurt by the refusal of free agents to consider us before TC got here.  Let's approach this from a different perspective, since you are critical of Caldwell due to the free agency signings.

Which of the free agents/trades from last year's AFC championship team did you NOT want on the team and why?  Which of the free agents signed last year (including Dareus) definitevely precluded the team from acquiring a QB last off season, either via draft, free agency or trade?

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