Quote:In both 2013 and 2014, Caldwell's moves suggested he had no faith in the possibility of us doing well. Our 2013 draft was filled with high ceiling/low floor players and of course our first spent in 2014 on a player who shouldn't have seen the field. Free Agency was filled with minor moves some of which worked out better than they could've hoped for while a couple others...not so much.

 

This season, Pay attention to who Caldwell brings in. It will tell us alot about the internal expectations of our front office/coaching staff. They can spew the "We expect to win it all" crap all they want but the moves do not lie.

 

So far we got:

 

- Entire revamped offensive coaching staff w/ two coaches in particular being beneath what they deserve. (Three imo)

- Passing camp created by Bortles for offense

 

Obviously the above two have little to no influence from caldwell but so far it tells me atleast the coaching staff thinks its time to get after it. What does Caldwell think? The draft and FA may tell us.

 

Disagree with this assessment.

 

In 2013, Luke, Cyp, and Gratz were the opposite of what you said we went after (high ceiling, low floor). If anything, those three guys were your classic high floor/low ceiling.Just looking at the 1st two picks of that draft, the players of HC/LF options would have been Fisher or Lane Johnson at T and Swearinger at SS. For all intents and purposes, Luke/Cyp/Gratz were supposed to start right away, and were penciled as starters without really any competition.

 

In 2014, I'll agree that Blake was supposed to sit. But the two WRs really had no one ahead of him other than Cecil. Keep in mind that we found out after the draft that the team knew Ace was going to be suspended. So at the very least, they were relying on one of the rookie WRs to be a starting WR immediately. The attempt to sign Mack to a lucrative teal doesn't quite fit the narrative.

 

I think, in both years, Dave severely overestimated the production that his rookie draft picks can give.

 

I will agree that this year is critical, and I would hope he doesn't fall for the same trap of overly relying on his "gems" of draft picks once again. We need starters who have proven themselves capable of playing in this league.

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