(03-03-2020, 09:13 PM)enigma Wrote: Why are we allowing Caldwell and this inept FO another year to make the picks while we have good draft capital, while they are on a "1 year trial mode"?

Coughlin was absolutely an impediment to this organization while he was here but I think we should have cleaned house from top to bottom - because this might lend more time for the FO to let the picks pan-out in the coming years.

We don't know they are on a one year trial mode.
However, they pitched their plan to Khan and he bought it... whatever that may be...

It's looking like the plan was "clear cap, be aggressive in free agency, stock pile picks and get playmakers in early rounds of draft to maintain competitiveness in 2020"
a .500 record probably buys Doug and Caldwell the last year of their contracts to make the playoffs.

Which on paper 5 wins '18, 6 wins '19, 8 wins '20... wouldn't be terrible for what essentially is an overhaul, if not a complete rebuild.
If they flounder to another 5 or 6 win season the plug is likely pulled and the job SHOULD be relatively easy for the next GM and coach.

I get that people are still salty that Caldwell and Doug were kept on... but it is what it is at this point.
And his track record for drafts hasn't been perfect but I'd say Caldwell has drafted better in recent years than in his first few... with the capital we have in this draft, and if they clear enough cap to make a few key moves in FA, it really might not be the doom and gloom many fans are expecting.

Just think, if Yan is traded for another first, we could have 3 first rounders, no Ramsey money and no Yan money taking up the books. Cleared the Dareus and Bouye hits, likely cutting the Lee and Swaim and Jake Ryan contracts... If somehow they move Foles that gets rid of that distraction, even though it doesn't save us much on the cap this season....

I'm not really optimistic all the dominoes fall right for us... but in theory, this might not be as bad as we're expecting.
We won 6 games last year in complete dysfunction, with a 6th round rookie QB running for his life a lot... if some of the dysfunction is cleaned up, Ramsey drama gone, Allen getting more snaps, Run D shored up with a couple draft picks/veteran FAs.... Offensive line slightly better, any sort of TE weapon, No Foles to force into lineup.. 8-8 isn't out of the realm of possibility. In 2 years we could be completely removed from the stain that is a me-first team handcuffed by old man Coughlin.

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