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JagJohn · 09-05-2020, 06:10 PM

(09-05-2020, 05:17 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:
(09-05-2020, 05:07 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: It looks to me like they are using this year for evaluation. They have 16 rookies on the final 53 man roster. They had no preseason games. It appears that they are not willing to part with any of those rookies until they see what they can do.

And all that tells me Dave and Doug have a 2 year commitment from Shad Khan.

This roster will change by Monday. There will be 3-5 new players picked up on the waiver wire from other teams while we try to "hide" our rookies during this roster cut from other teams so we can get them to our practice squad.

I disagree about Dave and Doug being safe next year. DC has been here 8 YEARS and had one winning season. If this year is a disaster, then would you extend them? No. And I do not see Khan having them go into their final contract year as lame ducks... that does not typically happen in the NFL. If there is no progress, they are out.

Agreed on all points.

Although I will definitely concede that the long term plan for this team's coaching staff and FO is confusing as hell.

One theory that I've been toying with since the end of last season is that Khan dictated to Dave and Doug that all actions this off-season have to be made with the intention of us being a competitive team by 2021. And of course with Tom out the picture Dave and Doug now report directly to Shad, meaning he has more power to make sure that happens. At the same time, he has told Dave and Doug that this is their last chance to show real progress with this team or they will be out... Which is a [BLEEP] situation for them, but the alternative for both would be to not be an NFL GM or HC anymore. So they are tight-roping the contradictory position of trying to squeeze a successful season out of a team that is clearly being rebuilt. I'll admit, this theory is a bit muddled. The big question is what is Shad's threshold that this year's team must meet for Dave and Doug to be kept after the season? Either way, I can't see them reaching it.