(07-08-2019, 11:12 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-07-2019, 08:13 AM)DragonFury Wrote: Limited window is how we traded away nearly an entire draft and ended up with Derrick harvey and Quentin Groves.

I don't think 2008 was based on a limited window. I think that was just bad decision making in the front office at that time compounded by desperation. James Harris watched Tom Brady and the perfect Patriots (17-0 going into that game) pick his team apart in that AFC Championship game when he went 26 out of 28 and was barely flustered in the pocket. I think we managed one paltry sack in that game. 

That season in 2008 also had the team reeling very early with a depleted offensive line devoid of any talent where they were left scrambling for street free agents at more than one position I believe throughout the year. It's hard to fault Harris for swinging for the fences with Harvey and Groves during that draft. We were going into 2008 with Paul Spicer being the team's sack leader with 7.5 just previously in 2007. We were absolutely horrible at getting after the QB. 

Had Harris relaxed on his decision making and not traded up he could have very well landed Calais Campbell towards the bottom of RD1 and Cliff Avril in RD2 by, again, relaxing and letting the value fall into his lap. Getting that close and only being able to circle back to a clear cut lack of pass rush all year was the only short window the front office was guilty of having going into 2008. They weren't able to predict the offensive line falling apart at the seams.