ClappingCarrot
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We keep hearing from the Owner and General Manager key terms like "the man in the mirror", or "I can change", or "I don't have 30 training camps left", yet we consistently take a conservative approach to team building.
It doesn't align with the "Super Bowl or bust" lip service we keep hearing from this Front Office. If Jerry was truly fearing his own mortality and desperately wanted to ride off into the sunset with another Super Bowl victory, wouldn't all bets be on the table? It seems like we take the same train ride every season. We get to the draft, make a few good picks, sign lowly, aging, or anonymous players in free agency, overpay and extend our own overrated players, hype said players up all training camp, put together a mediocre to above-average product on the field, then have the season end disappointingly. Rinse and repeat every season. Line 'em up and do it again.
Now, we're entering a period of cap hell, with nothing to show for it. And furthermore, there is a large black cloud looming over your HC, the one you were so confident in that you didn't even give anyone else a genuine thought.
When was the last time Jerry made a truly "win now" move, as the operator of this franchise? It seems like every year, numerous impact players become available and it seems like every time, it's the Chiefs, Bucs, Rams, or even Packers making moves to grab them. These are the teams contending. I'm not saying what Jerry is doing is totally wrong per se, but trying to build solely through the draft and developing and (over)paying your own players can be a slow and arduous process. It hardly aligns with "win now."
It doesn't align with the "Super Bowl or bust" lip service we keep hearing from this Front Office. If Jerry was truly fearing his own mortality and desperately wanted to ride off into the sunset with another Super Bowl victory, wouldn't all bets be on the table? It seems like we take the same train ride every season. We get to the draft, make a few good picks, sign lowly, aging, or anonymous players in free agency, overpay and extend our own overrated players, hype said players up all training camp, put together a mediocre to above-average product on the field, then have the season end disappointingly. Rinse and repeat every season. Line 'em up and do it again.
Now, we're entering a period of cap hell, with nothing to show for it. And furthermore, there is a large black cloud looming over your HC, the one you were so confident in that you didn't even give anyone else a genuine thought.
When was the last time Jerry made a truly "win now" move, as the operator of this franchise? It seems like every year, numerous impact players become available and it seems like every time, it's the Chiefs, Bucs, Rams, or even Packers making moves to grab them. These are the teams contending. I'm not saying what Jerry is doing is totally wrong per se, but trying to build solely through the draft and developing and (over)paying your own players can be a slow and arduous process. It hardly aligns with "win now."