I started doubting him when he began creating holes in the roster and then being content with filling them with street free agents, undrafted rookies, or players off practice squads.

 

It was our receiving corps one year, our secondary the next, our QB and oline the next. It was like he thought he could get quality starter play out of guys who couldn't even make the 53 man roster of any other team in the NFL.

 

I can forgive the draft mistakes because that is a crap shoot in a lot of ways, but knowing ahead of time that you are going to have a hole in the roster and making no attempt to bring in even journeyman level of players to fill that hole is just inexcusable.

 

That is one of the reasons we are so devoid of talent now. Gene avoided the mid tier free agents that could potentially develop into starters or at least bring some depth, instead preferring to scrape the bottom of the barrel looking for talent, from which he found absolutely nothing.

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