Quote:IMO an 8-8 record would be purely based on the quality of the talent accumulation and only reflect on the GM. The coach has to get over the hump. I think we blew multiple opportunities last year to have a respectful record. Considering we weren't prime time or post season ready yet, the better draft position does serve us well this year.


The only fault I find is knowing the Joekel draft was poor and chucking some of the players we had. Sure they weren't in the long term strategy but did we really gain anything overall in capspace? Water under the bridge at this point really.

Yes, we gained a lot overall in cap space. The 2012 roster that went 2-14 had the 5th higest salary cap. This current roster has considerably more talent and way more cap space going forward. Not only did we clean up the cap and create more space but it allowed us to acquire Jackson, Gibson, Beachum, Marks, House, Thomas basically every free agent we have now.


Had we kept those players from that 2012 roster we would not have been able to acquire these guys.

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