We need to draft the Best Player Available outside of the QB, RB and Center positions. As great as our offense was, an improvement can be the difference between countering our weaknesses and there's always injuries, so we could draft a WR and thank our lucky stars if Dez gets injured. The same with the TE position. Always take the superior talent and allow the coaching staff to adjust to what we have instead of trying to fill holes with lesser talent.
Free Agency wise we have to be smart. We look more to fill holes in FA, but we have to understand that normally teams never get the full value of a FA and you're better off usually making the moves for a Sterling Moore type of FA (cheap, fills a position) than a Greg Hardy type (expensive and you're counting on to fill a hole for years to come). For every Charles Haley that works out, there's 5 Adam Archuleta's, Albert Haynesworth's, etc. that were supposed to turn around a team and fell woefully short.
By being frugal in FA and focusing on the draft, it got us to a 13-3 record with a rookie QB. We need to continue the same strategy and it will eventually allow us to improve even more. I think a major problem with this defense was the lack of a MIKE which is so important in today's game. But people forget that we do have 2 viable candidates for the MIKE next year in Damien Wilson and Jaylon Smith. I think Church's limitations hurt us, but we may have a replacement in Kavon Frazier.
Meanwhile, we've been pretty aggressive in the draft at DE where we traded up for Lawrence and took a risky pick in Gregory. And look where it has gotten us at DE...Lawrence can't stay healthy and Gregory can't stay clean. If we would have taken a more conservative route, perhaps we get a quality MIKE and draft a DE that surprises us instead of trading up to pick Lawrence. Perhaps we find a quality SS instead of taking the chance on Gregory.
When we play conservatively in the draft, it usually works out for us. It worked out for us with Frederick, Zack Martin and EE. People wanted us to trade up for Jonathan Cooper and wouldn't you know it...he's now on the Cowboys without us having to do a thing. People wanted Manziel and now we wouldn't touch him with a 10-foot pole.
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I wanted actual details on why he thought that, genius. Get over yourself and stop worrying about me asking him a question, which he later answered for me.
