Quote:That being said I'm too happy with the post key.


I would say a good gm should hit on 3 starters a year to be considered a success ie the first 3 rounds. Late round gems are a bonus.


Looking at Dave's first 3 rounds

2013 was rubbish

2014 bortles Lee Robinson Linder -excellent year and we still haven't seen the best of Lee

2015 yeldon cann fowler looks promising to me


So excluding 2013 which was a pretty poor class Caldwell has been a good gm and at the very least shown dramatic improvement


Not to mention late round hits like telvin Smith Aaron Colvin and rashaad greene


His fa classes have been dissapointing but his mistakes have not plunged us into cap crisis


Beatles and Gerhart will be cut this year to minimal cap hit whilst the majority of his signings until this year were bring them in and see guys and their contracts were made accordingly.


Sergio Brown even Miller and marks were brought in as trials. Resign the good cut the bad.


The big money signings

Oldrick and Thomas have both been effective


As for letting guys go. Forsett was let go a lot before tearing it up with the ravens and that o line was pretty good in 2014


Smith and Monroe can be criticised but Smith was 30 coming off a severe injury so for a team looking long term I can understand.


Monroe I can see why people dislike it and I can see why people like it. All hinges on if he would have resigned which we will never know

Monroe trade got us the picks we would use one guys like Telvin...

Big win there.

Also, Dave got picks for Scobee and Gabbert.

Big win there.

Also, Marks and Miller can be seen as good enough FA p/u to negate the couple BAD f/a pickups. 

2013 draft class is looking rather sad....

 

But....when looking at the draft over all... there weren't a lot of home run hits in it.

Ansah and Le'Veon Bell would have been pretty nice pick ups... but hindsight...

PS (Here's hoping we never get a LT from a spread offense again)

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