The draft only thing hasn’t been horrific, but they needed another player or two they could count on over the last few seasons and failed to recognize that.
I feel differently. The drafts have made us competitive enough to make the playoffs and keep the Joneses convinced that their strategy is sound. It has been horrific because it contributes to this 30-year run of not making an NFC Championship Game. A few key free agents might have been able to put us over the top a couple of times, but going 12-5 three years in a row tells the Joneses they just have to stick with what they are doing. (This year will be seen as an aberration, and it is to an extent, because of the injuries.)
Reading that, I think we feel the same, we are just missing each other a bit with words.
Boring topic.
DNA Kid #1 was put in charge of coordinating rodeo events at AT&T. Who knows? Perhaps a horse will kick him in the head during a show.
Yup, this is just a Jones money machine. If they happen to win great but that's not the first focal point.
The only thing I disagreed with is that the draft only thing hasn't been horrific. But it depends on how you look at it. If you look at it as we've succeeded enough in the regular season with draft-only (and supplementing with cheap FAs), then that's true. We've had 12- and 13-win seasons with this strategy. If you look at it as draft-only success has kept us from feeling the need to do more in order to have greater success, then it's horrific.
Absolutely. Injuries are a huge part of the NFL, and a good GM is prepared to overcome.
Haven't been to a championship game in many many years. Winning is not important, you are correct.
And the actions we want him to take are simply logical NFL moves. He refuses. Soooooooooooooo, yes, winning is far from his top priority.
The doubt is your BS to feel better. Stupidity isn't the cause of the riden directions of the NFL and teams that adapted and excelled in different manners. You are still bound to stats and not acknowledging at least solid football play. That is your standard and not pure fact.
Can we draft well AND add quality free agents like the Eagles, Rams, Packers, Vikings, and Rams?
We can't build that way, but we used every aspect of team-building that was available at that time to put together those championship teams. Since then, Jerry has neglected an area of team building available in the salary cap era, either the draft or free agency, and we've failed to even get to an NFC Championship Game. The only time he didn't was when Parcells was coach, but Parcells burnt out before he could get us where we wanted to go. What he built while he was here looked like it might get us there under Phillips, but Wade did not know how to be a head coach and it fell apart quickly (even the drafting that had improved under Parcells hit some setbacks, specifically 2009). Then, Garrett took over as head coach and the Joneses soon after adopted their no-expensive outside free agents philosophy. I don't know how much of a hand Garrett had in that decision, but from what they've said, I think it mainly was Jerry and Stephen.
Not his top priority, no. But he does want to win...his way. He's a narcissist.
No, I think he wants self aggrandizement, period. And, once again, if winning is that low on his list, does he really even want to win?
