They could, absolutely. Should they? That depends on if they have a real plan or not. If they’re truly ready to move on from some core pieces of the current group I can get behind it because there is at least a legitimate plan. If they just skip free agency, use Daks contract as an excuse and then resign him in August thats when we should riot.
Except if you are supposedly rebuilding in 2025 why wouldnt you start rebuilding now? Why wait a year? You could have made a coaching change already and start clearing cap space. Theres also no succession plan in terms of replacing the QB and many other positions. I disagree you can sign players even after free agency. Right now the high price guys are going but you can get quality starters throughout the offseason, especially after the draft because some guys will be waiting to get signed.
Signing him in August is not a problem that just proves that they arent extending him now so they dont have to spend money on free agency. Why they wont I have no idea but it would make sense as to why they arent signing free agents.
I understand not extending him if you had Quinn here but after Quinn split it made no sense not to extend him. I thought they would hire Quinn but after the defense fell apart vs the Packers that became impossible apparently. If anything I would extended McCarthy because he did a good job on offense this year. I also dont understand why Zimmer came back on a 1-year deal? I suppose its better the coaches are all on the same contract,
I agree completely with the first part of your post. A better strategy would be to move on at very least from the current coaching staff. Get a new staff in here to both evaluate the current roster and start adding new players that fit the new systems.
Them delaying extending a player for the purposes of not spending money in free agency is exactly the problem and should be the biggest red flag to fans I’ve ever seen.
Theres going to be hundreds of free agents unsigned by then so you theoretically you can find starters, this is what they do every year isnt it?
I know, I dont understand this. If they are trying to make a point the fans are going to abandon them because it shows they arent serious.
Naw hard to fire a coach who went 12-5 and won a division. Even if it was due to crap competition
IDK man it feels like you're going too easy on Jerry/Stephen lol. Yeah there will be hundreds of free agents, but that doesn't mean they're starter quality. There will certainly be some exceptions but most of those guys are either holding out for larger pay days after some team misses on their draft target, or are the back end of their career types hoping to get a chance. Honestly most years after the draft I'm way more excited about the undrafted free agents than I am the vet guys. It's exactly what they do ever year, but that doesn't make it right. To me that's actually the frustrating piece to all this. Just imagine if they were in the market for 1-2 mid tier free agents the last couple of years and not just the James Washingtons of the world. 2022 they were just a few plays from knocking off SF. 2023 who knows what could have happened if they had legitimate linebackers on the roster and could actually get a few stops on Green Bay.
They are going to go so cheap at RB, that they will not even spend that money saved anywhere else.
“You could have a yacht," Jones said, "And that yacht would cost you as much as three other smaller boats would cost you. Well, we're going to be all-in with the three other boats.""We can't afford any free agents."
I'm not going easy on them, I dont agree with their strategy but that is their approach find some players that dont have to pay much. I'm not disagreeing with you. I think you either move on from the coach or you give him the best chance possible to win. To put the coach on a prove it 1 year deal then you dont go all in shows its a set up. I dont remember if Wade was on a one-year deal that year it seemed as if Garrett was trying to sabotage him then everything seemed to go wrong the first part of the year.
