(04-04-2024, 12:26 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(04-04-2024, 12:11 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: LOL

Fans are hellbent on making this roster out to be garbage for some reason.
I think we are only a few pieces away from having a good battle for the AFCS with the tinhorns for the foreseeable future.

I don't see the doom and gloom.

Need more young talent on OL, DL, and WR.

CB is a perceived need understandably - but we really have no idea what the current unit is going to look like in the new scheme just yet. A draft pick there is as much about 2025 as it is 2024 IMO.

I'll also continue to point out that the past two drafts have been a collaboration between Pederson and Baalke and everyone keeps putting it all on Baalke.

If Cleveland and Morse turn out to be enough change to get run functionality back from our OL, we will see a radical change in production that doesn't require a first round WR pick. I'm not concerned about the offense beyond the OL. The line is what screwed them last year.

If I'm prioritizing needs for this roster I'm going:

IDL - get me a 300+ lb NT/DT to rotate with Hamilton
IOL - Get me a guard to push and eventually replace Scherff
CB - No long term sure fire solutions on the roster - need young talent to sustain new scheme - Campbell is a question mark in new scheme
WR - need young talent to sustain cap at position

LT - seems we'll put off fixing this until next year - that's acceptable IMO, but it has to get right

Of all of these - IDL is the only one that seems like a dire immediate need.

You don’t think IOL is the most dire? Trevor’s health, the run game and our offense overall suffered mightily in the 2nd half of the season because of a weak middle and left side.

We picked up Morse but he’s just a patch for now and I’m not very confident with Cam.

They patched the Center and they added a LG who has good tape from his last stop. 
Give those 2 an offseason together - and they should make a difference in the run game and elevate protection a notch. That could radically move our offense forward compared to last year. Fingers crossed it is enough. 
I still want an interior guy drafted before round 5. 
I'd fix LT next year. 

All they've done to assuage my fears for IDL is add an aging pressure specialist at 3Tech who probably won't play 17 games due to foot and knee history.
 They let go their "run stuffer" NT/DT when his performance fell off after getting paid. Haven't replaced him.
 The primary nose tackle has no one to rotate with and is coming off a horrible performance when he returned from a sever spinal infection. 
The rotating cast behind those two is completely uninspiring. 
RRH looked lost last season after also getting paid. 
Gotsis is a lunchpail motor guy that is good for some decent snaps but won't impact more than one or two games for you.
Ledbetter is a phone booth - and not a very large or impressive one. 

They need young talent in the middle of that line and they need Hamilton to bounce back strong. 
It's a bigger concern to me. 

IOL is right behind it, but they have done some work there at least.

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