Quote:What are you shaking your head for?


He's literally picked bortles, Robinson, and telvin smith in 3 years that I give him props for. And those picks may just save his job.


Everything else has been incomplete, average or below average. His free agents have been well below average.

Telvin was in the 5th round. Fowler, Sample, and Greene either missed all year or most of the season from this draft, with Greene showing he has the makings of being an elite punt returner.

 

As much as Lee is a question mark, he has all the talent in the world and showed to stay healthy late this season, so there's hope there too. He got Linder, Telvin, Denard (Denard has had his fumble problems, but the guy has talent and has shown some huge glimpses. Go back 2 weeks ago and people were calling him to be RB1 after a nice game), Greene, Colvin all in late rounds who are either looking like core pieces or are core pieces moving forward. He also landed Cann who did great in his rookie year after being thrusted in when Linder went out, and has the looks of our starting LG going into next year. On top of that list of FA's he said above, he also got Roy Miller who is one of the best nose tackles in the league.

 

We have holes, but this isn't about Dave. He has done a very solid job in the draft and FA with what we're trying to do. He added Odrick who was a great run stuffer and had the most sacks on the team at a position that isn't even supposed to be a pass rushing spot. He offered McCourty the most $$$ last offseason and if we would have got him he would have been an obvious hit as well. 

 

This is about coaching and the defense. You can't fix both sides of the ball when they are that far gone in one year. That doesn't mean we shouldn't have done better this year, but the talent on the offense is what it is because we focused on it. It's one of the most promising offenses in the league...why? Because Dave Caldwell brought in the talent through draft and FA.

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