(09-24-2024, 01:29 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(09-24-2024, 09:20 AM)Caldrac Wrote: He could give me $100,000 per year for the next five years and a $100,000 signing bonus and I will work like a dog 24/7 if I have to fix this roster via the draft with a decent scouting team. 

I swear I can do it. Give me three monitors and a decent laptop. I just need a few websites and a few folks to keep me up to speed with our big board when selections are coming off the board. 

I can do better than Baalke via the draft. At the minimum. Take that other $21.4M and use it towards a dedicated free agency purveyor and a guy that can connect with folks. 

I'll handle the rest.

You're hired! Can I be your assistant and I'll only take $50,000 per year! That's always been my dream job, anyway. How could you beat it: doing what you love and helping your favorite team win all at once!

Seriously, the very sad thing is that we (and some others on this board) would truly do better than Baalke and Dave Caldwell. Not saying it is easy, but when I think of the boneheaded decisions they have mad it just makes me sick. Walker over Hutchinson when 31 G.M.'s would have done the opposite! Taking one OL in the last draft who can't even get on the field! Danielle Hunter was just about begging to be signed by the Jaguars; he may be the best pass rusher in the league and is still only 29. Instead, they sign Armstead for a guaranteed $28 million and he was coming off an injury. Of course, I could go on and on.

Err... Hunter took a contract with less money to come to the Texans.  Hehe, not sure where "just about begging to be signed by the Jaguars" comes from.   

Other than that I agree with your points, particularly with the lack of OL in the draft.  Hell Fautanu went right after the Jags traded down in the draft, and why they didn't double down on OL in FA is a mystery.  I think Harbaugh made a great point when he said that "he considers offensive linemen to be weapons."  I don't understand the disillusionment that Baalke and Harbaugh have with building a solid Oline.  A second round of adding shiny WRs when your QB doesn't have time to find them is asinine.

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