We didnt keep Smith because he's old. He wouldnt be on the team in 3 years when we would be contending. The point of this season is trying to find some under the radar guys who could contribute long term in the new scheme, like Brandon Browner or Red Bryant of the Seahawks did in the first year of their rebuild.

 

The past regime does give the current regime a pass for this year, because Gene only drafted 3 good starters in 4 drafts (Monroe, Shorts, Blackmon). He also brought in mediocre and overpaid free agents. And you morons think that can be fixed sustainably overnight? If Caldwell's players all suck in 2 years like Genes did of course everyone will be angry with him. But it seems like hes a better evaluator of talent than Gene (not hard to do, but this draft looks pretty good).

 

If you disagree with Gus' strategy to essentially punt on this season, look at the Redskins in 2011. They had a new regime, a coach who knew none of the QBs on his roster were the answer, but also knew that Gabbert and Ponder sucked, so they skipped on addressing the most important position in year 1 to have a shot to get a franchise guy in year 2.

 

Its extremely difficult to find a franchise QB outside the top 10. Point out the outliers all you want, the percentage drops staggeringly from 15 onwards. This is the toughest and most important player to get, and you usually have to really suck in order to find one.

 

Lets evaluate the coaches next year when they have a more talented roster to work with. Jedds play calling is obviously not going to look the same with a good QB and above average offensive line play. That opens up the playbook so much more than what we have to deal with now. Right now if we are in a 3rd and 8+ we have absolutley no shot of converting. Thats why there are so many runs on 2nd and 10 to try to get in a reasonable distance for our crap QB and crap o-line to do their job. But most casual fans dont understand this.

 

On the defensive side of the ball Gus cant make the LBs fill their gaps correctly or the defensive line to not suck. If a coach could fix these things then no team would be bad. Again, have patience and evaluate next year when there is more to work with.

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