Quote:I never said he didn't bring in some talent. But I don't believe the running game is where it needs to be. I was not in favor of drafting Yeldon. Time will tell how he works out. Obviously the OW Denard is a fail. I honestly believe that because we are a much more improved team than a few years ago, there is a reluctance to admit on the "misses". I'll give Caldwell credit for the "hits", and several already proven free agents and top 5 picks. But making him out to be Jacksonville's Messiah...meh. I'm not going that far. I still think there is some pride involved in the failure to go out on a limb and sign some players.

Not saying he is the Messiah, but to sit here and fault him for not getting CJ Spiller? And saying it'd make too much sense and he'd improve the run game? Buffalo let him walk out the door. NO just cut him week 1...I think there's probably a good reason why he was cut. Just because he's a big name doesn't mean he'd be an improvement as much as I dislike D-Rob atm.

 

What you mean admit on his misses? He has let go of guys who he's drafted/had in previous years. If your talking about what he says to the media on guys like Joeckel and co. that's what ALL good GM's/Coaches do. You don't rip a guy apart through the media. Not picking up a 5th year option on him I think shows that. We signed Beachum to man LT this offseason, which also shows he wasn't happy with what he was doing there. Now he's at LG (he also happens to be our best option there atm), and so far he's been solid.

 

He has overhauled both sides of the ball in 4 years. We have signed a ton of guys and we just picked up Arthur Brown who was a former highly viewed guy in the draft a couple years back at the end of preseason cuts. If Caldwell thinks there is an upgrade out there he'll do it. With the amount of promise this team has and all the guys he's hit on in the draft, you bet ya I'm going to trust him on when guys get cut (because they get cut for a good reason).

 

Denard Robinson was a 5th round pick. He wasn't a "failure" he was a guy that we took a shot on in a late round that didn't work out. 

 

Yeldon isn't an everydown back. Thus far in his NFL career he's been forced to do that. This preseason we got a glimpse of what he can do when he has a guy to split carries with that does well in working down a defense in Ivory (preseason means little, but regardless). This is year 2, and last year he had a pretty solid year for a rookie. He was making people miss 3-4 years in the backfield all the time on Sunday...not many are going to run wild when that is the case.

 

If you want to go the Cyprien route being a miss it has been but Cyp has also played largely out of position due to no good FS on the roster. So far (Just one week) he looked more comfortable and was solid outside of a terrible PI call and that one missed tackle. 

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