Quote:I had a discussion yesterday with a friend who is totally drinking the Gus and Caldwell juice.  It's OK to be optimistic, but he made the Uche Nwaneri cut seem like these kind of decisions will put us over the top.

 

I quickly said that it's OK to cut Uche but more importantly, you have to actually UPGRADE the position, not just plug in some journeyman backup veteran or use one of your own backups.

 

If we don't go after the best FA O-lineman and if we don't draft one in the first 3 rounds, you could almost call it sabotage.

 

I agree with everything you said up until the last sentence. Football roster management is about upgrading, not just replacing. You don't just drop a guy that you don't like until you find someone better. Now, there are always extenuating circumstances like avoiding roster bonuses and things like that, but it's a good principle to keep to, in my opinion.

 

As for your last sentence, I don't think that upgrading the position requires a Weekday draft choice or a top tier Free Agent, whatever that is. All that it requires is a player playing at or above Nwaneri's level for a lower price. Guards really aren't that hard to find, although really good ones are. Upgrading Nwaneri shouldn't prove to be all that difficult I would think.

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