Quote:We said the exact same thing when Gene came in and gutted the Coughlin era players too.  Every GM comes in and guts the roster, what's impressive about what Caldwell has done?

 

I'm reserving my praise of Caldwell until his players have actually accomplished something.  Anybody on this message board could buy an ESPN insider subscription and draft/sign a team that wins 4 games.  Cutting 10 starters and then being praised because you added 10 starters is kind of a silly to me until I see that those 10 starters are better.

 

Monroe > Joekel (all 10 minutes that we've seen)

Bradfield = Joekel/Paztor

Whoever or fullback was = whoever our fullback was

Safety by comittee = Cyprian

Cox and old man Mathis > Ball and Gratz

Daryl Smith > Geno Hayes

Knighton/Alualu = Marks and Miller

 

Other than at 2nd DT (who was our starting DE last year), has anything really improved rosterwise from Gene?  I'm hopeful that the new guys work out this year, but nobody can say for certain, so I'm leaving the 2014 class out.

 

 

 

I do like the Bradley hire though.  He's the heart and soul of this team.  Badley >>>>>>>>>>> Mularkey

 

Monroe didn't play well his rookie year.  Bradfield has only played OK when he was playing spot duty at RT.  Paztor and Joeckel have played better than Bradfield (source PFF).  

 

Greg Jones as our fullback I'll give you that one, but he was from the Shack era so Gene gets no credit there.  

 

If you're saying that having two guys equal the play of one is a push, then you don't know what you're talking about.  Cyp being able to do the load of two guys is exactly why we drafted him.  He's on his way up, and already outplayed the other guys we had back there since Darius (who was still a liability in coverage).

 

Other than one lucky break in his first game, Cox was horrible his rookie year.  He played more average his second, and got benched after that.  San Diego benched him after giving him a payday and cut him after last season.  Cox was a fail on EVERY account since it took 2 picks to get him.

 

Daryl Smith is better than Geno Hayes.  However Daryl's clock is ticking so there's no telling when his wheels were going to fall off.  Again, a Shack era guy.  Gene gets no credit.  

 

Kinghton/Alualu are not better at the inside DT positions of Marks/Miller.  Knighton was drafted for the wrong position, which was fixed last season by a coach who finally knows what he's talking about.  Knighton played great for one year and got lazy, which is why he got benched before he left for Denver.  Push.

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