I dont expect to be able to lose 4 guys at the same position and not miss a beat.
That said we only replaced one of those guys in the draft and did NOTHING in free agency. Two left in FA and one was lost before the season, yet we didnt flinch. We've also struggled at DT. We let Hankins walk and did a poor job replacing him as well.
We did NOTHING at rb. Instead we tried a ridiculous committee of washed up players. I like Rico, but even the coaches weren't sold.
Our entire strategy was based on hope. We hope we can bring in a bunch of rookies and replace 11 players. Hope is not a tactic.
We don't even need to get into the fact Jerry wouldn't have replaced a single coach after the GB disaster, had DQ not forced his hand.
It's mind numbing people are still defending this FO. Laziest off season i can recall, and all after trolling the fanbase about going "all in."
add to my long winded one I'm gonna have a second one if you don't think we have depth then where does guys like Hoffman bass and at one time we picked up steel this is part of an offseason undrafted free agents or guys we picked up of somebody else's practice guy whatever it is we're building to that you remember that one time that they said we never can get the safety group right huh that's weird because last I checked not only did we have ****** Donovan Wilson and at one time curse they drafted bill and they drafted Thomas. that depth
let's keep going a while back after the whole debacle at corner now all of a sudden we have Trayvon diggs Deron bland and Jay Lou all playing very well probably one of the better three if you go to all teams and look at the top three we gotta be in there oh but then here comes guys like Butler I mean he did get hurt but you don't call that depth I mean they go out and get these guys that's the scouting department don't blame Jerry he does use his scouting department he uses his assistant GM we know his name is will mcclay and they go out and they draft and they yes sometimes pick up bargain basement free ages but sometimes they workout kendricks is pretty damn good and i know he's short term but let's not be short sighted that is depth,.I mean at LB they draft Liafu , bring in kendricks, hvae some guys here like Clark, vigil and Buddy to possibly take step at some point, that not depth?
all of sudden Gholston looks like a solid replacement for Armstrong and iF Williams want lost for seaosn the DE issue from fowler/Armstrong departing doesn't looked unplanned full of holes, literally Lost ALL of our DE at one point IE ALL...
qb depth so far looks good, TES not bad, sure the WRs need some work, BUT like I said in my other post I think this is more of a system problem this is more of a philosophical issue with Mike McCarthy's offense tolbert doesn't look that bad but if Turpin would've been used more properly just like Rico and yes now I'm getting to the running backs we do need a new guy there we should have drafted a running back but outside of that this team is full of depth that you're ignoring you're literally ignoring lots of obvious signs that there were a lot of guys here that have been in the wings developing and have there not been so much attrition at corner and defensive end this defense would have looked a lot different yes even I know they were healthy in the Saints game but that was a big problem with game planning and what not that's a coaching staff issue that's not a player issue I'm not saying things couldn't get better or be better I think you're over reacting to how bad the offseason was to you yes running back that's the only one that just glaring light that we could have used another guy a young guy behind Rico but if Rico would have been used more properly early in the season we probably wouldn't be so down on the run game and the misappropriation of not making the move once Guyton went down and we saw Tyler Smith at left tackle and we saw bass at left guard this line looked a lot better this is a p....blem with the scheme and the coaching..
So I'm gonna give you my point that I've been saying look this is like 2020 and what happened after 2020 that was like massive attrition just like now we went on three-year run that we won 36 games two division titles went to the playoffs three straight years this is not a falling off the Cliff moment we have a lot more talent here if it can stay healthy I mean then you add in cooks lamb and Prescott and now Ferguson I mean we can't win we finally get some of our defensive players back and look better on defense and special teams and now we're some of our best players on offense it is attrition it is more because of injuries I'm not making excuses but if you add in the coaching philosophies you're blaming the front office and I see a whole lot more talent on this team than you do outside of yes a huge mistake not getting a running back in the draft probably in the third round would have helped this team out and maybe getting one of these other wide receivers once cooks went out but if they use turp improperly I don't think this would have been a big story here he could have been the number 2 for a while or at least the number three but he makes this offense more dynamic and they refuse to give him enough targets in my opinion..
And I'm leaving the best for last defensive tackle yes we need to be better up the middle so running back in defensive tackle I mean they did bring in a lot of defensive tackles they were hoping like kendricks that one of these three guys they brought in would be a little bit more consistent and Joseph, Phillips, and Mazi altogether rotating you would think it would be a little bit better..
So with a good draft adding a few pieces this team will be right back in the mix next year I just don't see what other people are trying to intimate and I'm not making excuses for Jerry should have been a little bit better in the offseason but that did not 'cause our problems it was injuries and coaching it is that simple...
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