(01-28-2023, 04:18 PM)IKhan't Wrote: IMO, Baalke is deserving of all the criticism he gets. Yes, we improved, but not nearly as much as we should have. Drafting Travon Walker over "Sauce" Gardner or Aiden Hutchinson was completely ridiculous and trading back up into round 1 to take an off the ball linebacker when you already signed a premier free agent at the position and then using a 3rd round pick to take yet another off the ball linebacker still makes absolutely no sense to me. To make matters even worse, he overspent in free agency and now we have to make some costly cuts to be able to keep our best free agent signing (Engram,) who only got a 1 year deal. Meanwhile, a player like Scherff got a huge deal even though he is on the downside of his career is taking up a huge chunk of cap space despite being a disappointment. I am not, nor will I ever be a Baalke fan. I think we'd likely be better off without him.

Good God. Some players need longer to develop than others. I dont remember a huge outcry when Scheriff was signed cause we needed OL upgrades. Engram had ball security issues, a 1 year prove-it deal was prudent. We 'overpaid' in FA because you have to kick start culture change somehow, and we sucked for so long that paying more was sometimes necessary. And i suppose if we ever win the SB by 20 pts, you will blame Baalke that it wasnt 30. Or will that be Trevors or Pedersens fault?

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