(03-07-2024, 09:08 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(03-07-2024, 08:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I'm just saying, constructing a roster involves choices.  You can't have it all.  I'd rather allocate the money we would have spent on Ridley to the offensive line.

In regards to your answer #1 above, it sounds like you are saying we should give up on our offensive line because we have tried and failed to improve it in the past.  Is that what you're saying?

Negative. I am saying we're repeating the definition of insanity for the third straight year and off-season in a row. Expecting the same guy in charge of the personnel department to achieve something he's yet to show over the last two, three years.

I am saying, don't hold your breath and don't get your hopes up when we don't get adequate enough talent to get this team over the barely .500 hump for the third straight year in a row. 

We're expecting the same guy, to, replace the WR1 role, replace the CB2 and Nickel CB role, replace a big bodied DT, the C position, the LG position, and potentially the LT and RG position in one off season. Again, to your point, that is correct, you can't have it all.

BUT... you speak of the Super Bowl and we were supposedly "close" and yet, when you look at the teams that typically hit that achievement? Guess what they normally have? They relatively "have it all". Star QB, Star playmaker on offense, a consistent game changer, a chain mover, a running game, a solid offensive line, a disruptive defense, again, usually enough stars to make enough plays at every level.

Honest question here, and take your time, name me the superstars on this team that you see, and, how far off are we from being where we need to be to win the Superbowl, how many players are we off from achieving your vision, and, can it realistically be accomplished in one off season? 

Cheers!

I don't think we are one offseason from Super Bowl contention.  I think it will take at least 2 offseasons if we are lucky.  We have at least 5 needs- 2 on the interior offensive line, interior defensive line, cornerback, and wide receiver.   

So, based on your answer above, what you are saying is, there is no hope.  That's a reasonable position to take.  Nothing wrong with that.  I've chosen to have hope because I'm a lot happier that way.  Besides, if there is no hope, what's the point of even discussing what we think the team should do?  I think we have a good QB and a good head coach, and if we can improve our offensive line and get the running game going more consistently, if all things stay the same, we should be an 11-win team or a 12-win team.  Last year, we put our offense in 2nd-and-12 and 3rd-and-12 consistently.  And that crippled our offense.  

I think it was reasonable to think we were close to having a great team, because of the way we finished the 2022 season.  We were wrong.  It happens to almost everybody.  

And, one of my pet peeves is, "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result" is NOT the definition of insanity.  I wish people would stop saying that.

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