(09-10-2019, 09:42 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote: Caldwell has had years of high draft picks and an almost open checkbook salary cap. This roster is still incomplete. Caldwell's franchise QB was a massive failure. That should of gotten him fired then. After 6 years of building there is still massive holes on this team. This overpriced defense remains inconsistent. Khan hired Daddy Coughlin to come in and hold his hand and results show that Coughlin maybe over the hill. It's unfortunate Foles got hurt but they knew he has never completed a season before they payed him. There was 0 insurance policy behind Foles. We are counting on a 6th round rookie because this front office failed to secure a security blanket. They then panic and trade for Dobbs wasting another draft pick in 2 years just like Hyde last year.
The coaching staff seems to have little control and it spills out on the field. Stupid penalties continue to plague this team. It's a reflection of the coaching staff hand pick by this front office.
They will get their chance to prove it this year but if this year ends in another mediocre year you have to ask how many excuses you can make for these guys. If this season is a failure it is hard not to argue rebuilding the front office from the ground up is not a bad move at all. Starting with Dave and Coughlin's removal. To be continued....
1. The years of high draft picks weren't all his fault. He inherited a roster completely devoid of talent, coming off five straight losing seasons, with maybe 2 players drafted from the Gene Smith era who got second deals (one of whom, amazingly, was Alualu). Considering this, how could there be lots of cap space eaten up?
2. The overwhelming majority of rosters in the league are incomplete. The team that just beat us, the Chiefs, were in the AFC championship game last year and were an off sides penalty from reaching the Super Bowl. They were at the bottom in defense last year and aren't much better now. The team that was the runner up in the Super bowl last year, the LA Rams, have questions in the offensive line.
3. The overpriced and inconsistent defense?!? You mean the defense that has finished in the top 6 three years running? When have they been inconsistent? They've had bad games the past few years against Pittsburgh in the playoffs (they still won, by the way, and made several big plays in that game), the first game against Indy last year-a team with a good to great offensive line and a good to great QB. Correction, they had a bad first half against them, shut them out in the second half, then proceeded to shut them out completely in the rematch, without the benefit of help from the offense. They had a collapse against Tennessee on a Thursday night game when Derrick Henry ran all over them. Dallas beat them pretty bad (a team that many consider to be a Super bowl contender in the NFC with one of the best OLs, RBs, and receivers in football), and KC, who may have one of the best offenses in the last twenty years. Overpriced? How? Three of the highest paid players on that side of the ball are Calais Campbell (defensive player of the year award winner). A.J. Bouye (Pro Bowler), and Marcell Dareus (former pro bowler who restructured his deal. Two of the team's best defenders, Jalen Ramsey and Yannick Ngakoue, are still on their rookie deals and most consider them underpaid in comparison to others in the league.
4. Yes, they could have used a more experienced backup for Foles. But it isn't as if they have never had experienced backups under Caldwell. They had Henne for years before going with Kessler last year.
5. Are you seriously complaining about 5th round picks? Yes, I know they can turn into good players...like Telvin Smith-a guy (Pro Bowler) that Caldwell drafted. But given the need, and that they already acquired an extra 6th next year, I think they can manage that part of the draft.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
