(11-23-2021, 12:50 PM)Kane Wrote:

(11-23-2021, 09:28 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Rookie QB looks like a rookie QB while saddled with the worst offensive cast in the league.

What a [BLEEP] shocker.

Yawn

Dude... I agree but also everyone that wanted to tank for Trevor and called him a once in a generational QB said he alone would fix so much.
If we just replaced Minshew with Trevor we'd have more wins.

I'm not one to dig up old threads really mostly cuz I'm lazy but I know I was one of the few that cautioned against that sort of thinking. I don't think there is that sort of thing firstly and secondly this roster was not good and one player can not fix that level of suck.

So come draft time maybe everyone should temper their expectations for all these young players they are always enamored with. They are kids joining men and 90% of them aren't ready yet. No matter what they did in college.
And stop all the tank for talks... Winning is always better and good QBs on good rosters are better than great QBs on bad rosters.

By the end I didn't believe Minshew was the answer either but obviously it wasn't all his fault. 
Although I will say I believe Urban and Baalke managed to make the 1-15 team roster worse with their choices of who to cut, trade, and sign in FA

This is the key point. 

Put aside who anointed who; I can only speak for myself. I believed that this franchise was in desperate need of a franchise QB and player to be the face, to help regain some national respect. And while I wasn’t for purposeful tanking, I wasn’t gonna argue with the results. This was it. The franchise finally had a true chance to do it right, and finally had a number one overall pick for the first time ever and a player who was worthy of said pick (imagine if we had a pick in a year that the QB crop was weak). 


But while I didn’t think we would instantly be a playoff team, urbans tinkering with this roster has made us far less competitive and wounded TL at the knees. I expected some growing pains for Trevor. It’s 50/50 if a number one pick is going to come in and instantly reinvigorate a team to playoff status, and those odds are dependent on the roster built around him. 

Urban and Baalke, if you believe he is more then just a figurehead, failed. Miserably. And it has the potential to do more damage to this franchise then Mularkey and Bradley, Gene Smith and the GM troika of the 2000s combined.  Because it may very well ruin the best shot this franchise has at gaining recognition and fielding a consistently competitive team with TL under center. And just thinking about that really crushes my fandom soul.

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