Quote:How many ground-up, bottom to top rebuilds in the NFL have you been privy to?  Because they don't happen often like this, and you don't build a complete roster in two years when they do. 

 

When Khan took over the clock reset back to zero.  You need to adjust your "production expectations" to match the magnitude of the total rebuild.

 

If you are unable to see numerous smart money decisions abounding since Khan hired his people and Dave added his - you are allowing your focus on production to narrow your overall vision. Good things are happening in the front office and it's evident in the structuring of the FA contracts.  They are a world away from those that Gene Smith and company were drawing up. 

To further this point, the complete overhaul was done by a coach and GM coming in with zero experience. Did they make mistakes? Sure they did. Did they do more good than harm? I think that's an easy one too. The thing is that these two had a baptism by fire, and the worst is behind them. Yes, it is time to see results in the win column, but to expect better than what those two did is somewhat naive. The only way to back it up is to give examples of others who did the same thing and had better success. Perhaps Dallas at the beginning of the Aikman era, but even then, they had one win the first season, followed up by the biggest trade windfall in NFL history. That isn't even the best comparison.

 

Bottom line, given what they did, coupled with the fact that both were brand new to their positions when starting, makes the job that they are doing not look too bad after all.

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