Quote:This year I think we made the set up for year two extremely difficult that's my worry and only point. It's obvious we're getting our "guy" at QB in the offseason one way or another. That said once he gets here he has to start, are we setting up a situation where any QB stands a chance?
Sure we have a pretty solid looking WR core but the line is miserable at best and needs at least 2 new possibly 3 starters.
At RB we've got a guy that might find some juice or he might be on a permanant to close to 30 downward trend, either way we can't count on MJD carrying the team while the young guy learns under center.
At TE we have a martial arts specialist but not much help for a young QB, can't count on Lewis for much of anything except maybe being a 3rd OT which at this point we're going to need.
Jump over to the defensive side we still have a problem with the front 7 just like last year.
There's promise in the secondary but we still have raw talent that's going to put is in holes next year.
So basically we decided this year, lets get another LT even though we already had a top 10 LT under contract, let's draft a secondary and plug in a few vets here and there. In year 2 we can find a QB, solidify an OL, find a replacement for MJD, figure out something at TE and maybe if we get lucky do something about the pass rush.
No vision with the front office, had they looked at the roster and really planed on being competitive in year 2, when they get whoever at QB, they would've focused on building the offensive line, and fixing the pass rush. That was the plan they sold us taking Joeckel at 2, he would help solidify the line for our future QB, then we traded the ONLY decent lineman we still had making the selection of Joeckel a pointless selection all we did was trade out the LT.
Actually, its you just failing to understand their vision.
They got rid of players who were not in their future plans and brought in cheap guys to hopefully find a diamond in the rough or two like Seattle did. They did not spend on big name big contract players because there is no point to do that in a year when you dont have a QB, and you know you wont be competitive. This year was all about finding young guys who could possibly contribute long term, it wasnt about trying to win 5 games.
This offseason, now that we have tons of cap space because we didnt waste any last year, we will spend on some higher profile guys. We could easily add 1 very good interior offensive lineman, 1 good LEO, and some a couple other mid level guys where patching needs done.
Combine the FA with the draft and we can solve the offensive line, QB, RB, and LEO spots. We would still not have much depth because you need to find solid starters at all positions before building it up, but the only holes remaining would be LBs and a run stuffing DT and a 5tech.
