(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

I agree that proper draft evaluation is the key.  Taking the best player is more important than taking offense versus defense.  That's definitely true and is the key to the draft.

That being said, if deciding among players with roughly equal projected talent, I look for the player that will represent the biggest improvement to the team.  Let's say a player's talent is rated on a scale from 1 to 100 with 100 being the best.  Let's also hypothetically say that we have the opportunity to draft an 80 at a specific offensive position or an 80 at a specific defensive position.  If the offensive pick plays at a position where you already have a 70, that's only 10 points of improvement.  If the defensive pick plays at a position where you currently have a 30, that's 50 points of improvement.  I want the most improvement for the team.  I want 50 points of improvement versus only 10.  That's why I go position by position and not "offense vs defense."  It's a pretty basic concept and some would even say it is common sense, but it is amazing how many people argue against common sense.

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