(06-04-2022, 12:06 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(06-04-2022, 10:36 AM)Bullseye Wrote: FTR, I think this team should do a much better job retaining its most productive players, considering we've had so few of them over the years.

That's what teams who don't have the worst record in the league in back to back years tend to do.

That's what teams that want to accumulate talent, and not draft/build on a treadmill tend to do.

Teams who draft the worst are the ones that's the worst in the league.  That was us under Dave Caldwell.  It has nothing to do with way overpaying for a guy that's not a 3 down player especially when the guy is worst in the league at his position at defending the run in the division with the 2 best run offenses in the league

It has everything to do with the guy when you already have him on the roster and he was producing, you foolishly trade him away for picks to prove to him just how replaceable he is, and you wind up with K'Lavon Chaisson=who, BTW-is super motivated now that the team drafted yet another guy to replace Yannick.

That's what...two top 20 picks since 2020 in the attempt to replace Yan?

Nahh.  No relation to Yann's departure what so ever.  Nope.  Absolutely none!

How much better and more balanced would this team be if it spent picks on another position and still had a guy who consistently put up 8-10 sacks a year?

Suppose, instead of Chaissing after Yan's replacement, we drafted Justin Jefferson. Would we have had to spend up to $84 million on kirk?!? What if instead of trying to show Ramsey how replaceable he is by drafting Henderson, what if we drafted Tristan Wirfs or your guy Becton?

What if, instead of still trying to make up for getting rid of Yan, we didn't draft Walker #1 overall? Would we have picked #1 overall? Wat if we focused more on the offensive line to protect Trevor Lawrence, or was able to trade back (even at a lower price) and land one of the numerous WRs available?

Nope. Trading away talented players has absolutely NOTHING to do with poor drafting.

Shaking my head in dismay.

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