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You only scratched the surface.


 

In 2013, Dave Caldwell 


 

<div>1) got rid of a serviceable LT who was arguably the best player on an otherwise poor OL, and used his top draft pick on a LT.

2) also replaced the starting RT.

3) parted ways with a good older LB with some tread still left, kept the other two starters.

4) let go of two starting CBs, one of whom was a disappointment as a free agency pickup the previous year.

5) replaced a serviceable strong safety with a 2nd round draft pick.

6) kept the rest of the starting OL, the QB, RB, TE, FS, one DE.

7) the other sometimes starting DE was a disappointment as a 2nd round pick the previous year.

8) kept the punter and placekicker. The punt returner was replaced by a rookie draft pick.

 
In 2009 , Gene Smith

 
1) got rid of a serviceable LT (Khalif Barnes) who was arguably the best player on an otherwise poor OL, and used his top draft pick on a LT.

2) also replaced the starting RT (Pashos).

3) parted ways with a good older LB with some tread still left (Mike Peterson), kept the other two starters.

4) let go of two starting CBs (Drayton Florence, Brian Williams), one of whom was a disappointment as a free agency pickup the previous year.

5) replaced a serviceable strong safety with a 2nd round draft pick (albeit by the Lions in 2007).

6) kept the rest of the starting OL, the QB, RB, TE, FS, one DE.

7) the other sometimes starting DE (Q. Groves) was a disappointment as a 2nd round pick the previous year.

8) kept the punter and placekicker. The punt returner was replaced by a rookie draft pick (Mike Thomas).

 
 
There are some differences of course. Gene replaced both WRs while Dave replaced a third CB and a DT. Gene made less use of street free agency. But the parallel between the actions of the two GMs in their first year is stunning.

 

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This is very uniformed. Im sorry, you can do this for any GM. First off, who was better this year at 2 than Joekel? Where was the franchise QB in this draft? Was there really anyone better value wise than him? Plus our line was awful. Sure, we could of drafted Jordan or Ansah, but would they really of made this team that better off? Same for Monroe with Gene, that was the best player on the board with a need, thats an unfair comparison. 

 

Parted ways with aging LB? really? You comparing what Gene did with Peterson to Caldwell with Smith? They both wanted more money than what they were worth and are old. 

 

Florence was over paid, Cox wanted to get paid more than he was worth. Plus Jags offered Cox a deal, he turned it down. 

 

Landry was overrated, Deon Grant i agree we should of kept. 

 

Did you want us to fix every hole in one year, who would we replace the O line and D line problems with? Obviously i think they  have an idea of how bad we are. 

 

Did you want Caldwell to cut the punter and kicker to fit your agenda? Terrible comparison. 

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