It's unfortunately a rebuild. The best part? The guys they traded away were all apart of a team that finished 5 - 11 in 2018 and 6 - 10 in 2019. So even with their "best" players? They were below average. 2017 was a mirage. A fluke. I'll keep beating that drum for years to come.

Keeping these players for another year wouldn't have changed the identity of the team. As long as Caldwell, Marrone and Wash are involved? That's your indentity. A team that's constantly in an identity crisis now hoping Minshew can commit identity theft and save this team from it's below average decision makers.

Hopefully starting Thursday they begin fully investing and restoring the offense to set up Minshew, Gruden and McAdoo for success and Wash is able to utilize the defense a little more effectively with another key addition or two. But to Bullseye's credit. He smelled rebuild in the water miles away.

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