(11-03-2021, 02:17 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I've always been a proponent of building through the draft and adding some key pieces via FA.

Despite the Jags having multiple failed GMs accounting for a mountain of bad draft choices, I still believe it is the best way to build a roster.
It's just that landing a GM who can build that way effectively is probably about as difficult as finding a franchise QB in this league.
And we've seen how tough that has been for our team and many others around the league.

Amen! Part of the problem is that Khan allowed himself to get fooled by a "snake oil salesman" in Urban Meyer. He let a guy with no NFL experience and a bad reputation talk him into handing over all the decision making. I don't know just how much power Baalke actually has, but his hiring was just a lazy move, as he was a holdover from the last failed regime. Anyone paying attention to what had happened in the past, should've known that simply promoting a guy from a failed front office not only here, but in San Francisco, where he totally demolished a very good team, was a bad idea. Hiring a failed GM and a head coach with no NFL experience was a doomed effort from the beginning. Instead of hiring an experienced NFL person with a good track record, Khan chose to turn this team over to an inexperienced, "splashy" name that would get in the headlines. Now, he looks like a complete fool. Khan has to see the error he has made and admit he was wrong, in order to right this ship. I just don't think that is gonna happen anytime soon. I'm preparing for the same kind of misguided and chaotic offseason that we had last year with poor draft choices and no good players coming here in free agency. I fear we'll just keep digging a bigger hole for ourselves until this front office and coaching staff are gone and Khan starts bringing in people with proven NFL track records.

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