(12-24-2019, 05:55 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: 1) Missed on Gabbert

2) Missed on Bortles

3) Fowler 

4) Ramsey

5) Joeckel

6) Robinson

We either missed on picks, or we wound up trading them.  It's not just missing on QBs.  We haven't managed our high draft picks well, either in the choice, or the retention of them.

Think of the year we drafted Luke Joeckel.  He came out the same year as Eric Fisher.  Those two were neck and neck in the draft.  So the Chiefs pick Fisher #1, and the Jags draft Joeckel #2.  Both players were disappointing at first, but the Chiefs worked with Fisher and developed him, and now he's their starting LT.  We failed to develop Joeckel.  Some teams are just better at developing their young players and then retaining them.  

It's drafting, developing, retaining.  We've failed on all three phases.  Selecting a roster, coaching a roster, managing a roster.

The bottom line is, NFL football is a competition between owners.  Shad Khan is a great guy, we all admire his success in life, the American dream, etc etc, but he needs to be a lot more competitive.  It seems like he's tolerating losing a lot more than he should.

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