Disagree, as I am sure you expected.
We are not in purgatory contract wise. We will renegotiate and convert money this offseason and free up as much as they want to.
I believe they will also be aggressive this year to add a difference maker or two.
There are so many things we can do to improve our team to get us over the hump, we just have to do them. Here are a few reasons why we are not a finished product:
1. We are a young team and now that youth has a bunch of playoff experience. That matters but it also points to internal progression. This isn't the Rams who mortgaged their future to get a title. Sure they got it but at what cost? This is why we were able to jettison underperformers and actually get better last year. This is the philosophy of the team.
2. Cut Zeke. Love the guy but he is like a weight around our neck, particularly late in the season. The profound negative impact of 2 yards and a cloud of dust or fielding a pass and falling down cannot be underestimated. Put in a young stud RB with this line and we are going to be that much more dangerous and Dak that much more effective.
3. Need more playmakers on offense. This is obvious to me. Been saying it for a few years now. We don't scare anyone. Need to add playmaking threats to our offense.
4. Kellen Moore has to go. Sorry, he has had some success but this has run its course. It is time for a new offensive philosophy. My personal favorite is to have McCarthy implement his proven west coast offense and have one of his guys run the offense ala KC.
5. Finally grabbing a DT or two that can make a real difference. Heard Will McClay say on Brad Sham's show yesterday he would love to sign Daron Payne. Was surprised to hear him say that but he also couched it with "if it works financially" lol
As i said, I think this is the year we open the purse a little and try and get this team over the SF hump.
Restructuring doesn't get us out of purgatory. It just kicks more money into the future and makes it tougher to move on from him. Even in saving cap space restructuring, with all the guys that need to be signed, even on defense, there isn't going to be enough to go out in FA and just bring in a bunch of top level playmakers for him.
Dak isn't young. So the youth excuse is weird to me when he's the one who was making the mistakes in this last game. It wasn't our youth that betrayed us. It was the QB who played terribly and made some real backbreaking decisions in this game.
I agree with dumping Zeke. I've said for a year. Shoot I said we shouldn't have even resigned him. You don't pay big bucks for a TB. It almost always bites you in the butt.
I tend to agree with dumping Moore. Not because I think he's the problem but because they can't move on from Dak so your last ditch effort here to salvage him is try a new offensive system.
