(11-25-2022, 09:20 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(11-25-2022, 07:24 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Agreed. We need to go all in on offense next off season. A lot easier to pressure a QB when you hang 14 or 17 points on them early and force them into catch up mode. This offense can do that with Lawrence and Pederson. Just need to give him a little bit more time in the passing game and another viable and explosive receiving threat or two. All I want to hear next year is how hard it is to get all this great talent out on the football field at the same time with Lawrence for him to pick you apart with.

There's a ton of evidence from the past and presently that supports this path of developing your top flight QB. Polian built his team around Manning offensively early and often. The Jets did it for Wilson. The Patriots did it last year for Mac Jones at the TE position. Miami went up to bat for Tua and it's paying early dividends. Philadelphia went out and built around Hurts, etc.

All these teams also built their defense the same time while building their offense.  These teams haven't ignored their D.  They continue to build on both sides of the ball.  That's how you build a team.  Draft really good players regardless of which side of the ball and your team will continue to improve.  You just have to draft good or great players.  You you just draft offense to draft offense and pass up great players on defense while taking the lesser or average players on offense we will continue to spin our wheels

We have the 2nd most amount of cap space currently invested on defense in the NFL. The offense needs to be the focal point next year. The free agents we have leaving combined with age and overall performance would also reflect this need.

A lot of those teams built the defense, I agree. However, it wasn't until this off season where they recently added playmakers on offense that drastically changed their win/loss columns and their abilities to put up points early, thus, giving their defense the ability to pin their ears back, etc. 

We have three more divisional games to go. We're currently 1 - 2 in the division. If they can finish 4 - 2 or 3 - 3 I would be pleased with their efforts being made in one off season to primarily get good in the division against the ground game defensively.

If they get stomped out and finish 1 - 5 in the division? Somebody will have A LOT of explaining to do in January. However, this team has done enough between this recent off season and the draft picks made on defense for it to be more competent and capable. They're not that bad this year. They just lack experience which will come naturally and they clearly need to figure out something with their pass rush.

That shouldn't require this team to drop premium draft picks in next year's draft. That line of thought is EXACTLY why this team ended up with Henderson over Wirfs and Chaisson over Jefferson. While they just spent picks there AGAIN to make up for their failures by adding Campbell and Walker the last two years. So, sorry, if I have an offensive player and defensive player graded the same? Offense > Defense.

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