Another crop of players gone to the wood shredder.
Rebuild # 100 coming up....
Sad to see the Smith/Frederick/Martin/Collins dream evaporate this year.
2014 Tony was playing at MVP level, Dez All Pro, Murray rushing champion.
And we pick up Collins to *add* to Smith/Leary/Frederick/Martin/Free. I had dreams of Collins playing from FB to get them all on the field at the same time.
2015 Tony is out, but that just gives us a huge draft haul in 2016. And then Tony goes down again, but the line is even more dominant than it was in 2014, with Zeke looking even better than Murray, and Dak having one of the best rookie QB seasons ever! New dynasty, baby!
Zeke suspended, Tyron bad back, Dez and Williams exposed in 2017. But Dlaw with 14.5 sacks! War Daddy, baby!
Frederick with GB in 2018, but LVE and Jaylon look like the up and coming best LB duo in 2018. DLaw still with 10.5 sacks!
DLaw with 5 sacks in 2019. LVE breaks. Jaylon slides all year, looking increasingly gimpy. Frederick isn't the same, but next year! And Gallup is a #1!
2020, Garrett finally gone! Yay! But Frederick retires. Wah! But look at all the wonderful free agents we're signing for the defense! No more dumpster diving this year! And what a draft! Jackpot!
And then - ugh - 2020.
Along with the slow slide of the oline, we had flashes of greatness that flamed out in Zeke, Jaylon, DLaw, LVE.
Now it's an older oline, maybe a QB, and talented WRs.