(03-05-2024, 12:57 PM)rfc17 Wrote: The bigger issue here isn't the players or the cap as much as it is the overall team management.  Changing a defensive coordinator shouldn't require a major overhaul of talent due to change in scheme.  The front office / head coach should be deciding what type of team they are from the get go.  Philosophy, design, the type of players they want, etc...  When they chose Caldwell they should have done so because he fit the philosophy and mentality they wanted.  If for whatever reason he doesn't work out, the answer shouldn't be to start all over again with a new type of coordinator with a different scheme requiring different players.  Total lack of vision and development of the organization as a whole.  In theory that should fall on both Baalke and Pederson.  But of course none of us knows for sure if they are on the same page and if not, who is actually pulling the strings.  No matter how you slice it, this isn't being managed well.

This isn't an overhaul.

They are literally clearing the most obvious bad cap hits while simultaneously giving the new staff an opportunity to handpick some strategic fits for the new scheme. 

Williams is the only player thus far that wasn't already a consensus assumption to be cut and his cap hit + the desire for more man coverage warrants it. 

They just have to get the second phase of this thing right by selecting proper replacements or they're screwed.

BTW - Pederson and Caldwell apparently were on the same page in 2022 and trying to install a man heavy scheme initially until it failed because they didn't have the horses in the secondary. That was bad roster eval on their part, so after Caldwell apparently rubbed Doug the wrong way in a number of ways (rumors flying about this) the fact that a new DC is going to be able to change some personnel is no shock to me.

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