Now that Coughlin's gone, there's a quickness in Dave's step and a twinkle in his eye as he clears the locker room of cap issues and malcontents. He was on the way with this team and got a little lucky in 2017 but TC killed the momentum and stunted the progress.

Now he's back acquiring second tier talent on team-friendly contracts and has built an arsenal of draft picks to maneuver with (to be complemented with the eventual haul for Yannick Ngakoue). Cap space next year should be ample enough to sign a top FA (or two?... or more serviceable 2nd tier guys) and these two drafts should yield a couple of stars, a few solid starters and several contributors.

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