Maybe he did break the bank. Just not the ones the fans wanted.
When people take someone's words without clearly defining them, that's on them. He didn’t say “all in,” he said “bust the budget.” I’m pretty sure that’s what he said, not “break the bank.” Think about it—every move they’ve made this year, going from about $60 million over the cap to getting back to even, they had to make just to get there. They’ve made several moves that could be considered breaking the budget, robbing Peter to pay Paul, just to reach their current position. And with more moves to come, they’ll do the same thing. If they have to find creative ways to get money for another player, that’s technically, by definition, busting the budget.
I’ve said before, with this redundancy from old Bob, there’d be no argument from anyone if they had landed Max Crosby and Dean—we’d be in a much better spot, talking about something else entirely. Those are two high-priced free agents or trade targets, and while it didn’t work out, they made legitimate offers—real offers, no lowballing.
They tried hard, and despite hearing all this talk about effort not being enough, it actually is, because it shows their philosophy has changed. They were willing to pay the asking price or more, and they’ve been aggressive in other trade pursuits for Queen, Brooks, and others I can’t even recall. They’re picking up the phone, staying aggressive—it just hasn’t worked yet. They’re willing to bust the budget; they just haven’t landed their targets. They’re pivoting, they’ll keep pivoting, and I believe, given the attempts they’ve already made, they’re not done.
They will make a move for a defensive player after the draft or during the draft not the draft but for a trade..
Judging a team five months before game one is like a car company repossessing your car while you’re still current on payments, just assuming you won’t finish paying the last few months.
That’s how it feels to me, and it seems like a lot of people are using the past to judge the present. But the roster isn’t complete yet, and we should evaluate it once it’s fully built.
So far, the signs are promising, though I could be wrong — let’s revisit this in August. Based on what’s happened so far, I think they’re even more motivated to get things done, but like every other team, they’ve been in a holding pattern for weeks leading up to the draft. No big moves have been made, and with names like Clowney still out there for linebacker and pass rush help, nothing’s off the table. There’s no reason to keep reassessing the offseason every few weeks when it’s still a work in progress.
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if they don't end up filling enough holes with the proper players when we're heading into game one then let's talk about how they didn't do enough.
I don’t see why we need to judge the offseason when there are still five months left, meaning more is ahead than has passed and there’s plenty of time for them to make moves. It’s like when I’ve been putting off buying something for a while, and when I finally go to get it, it’s unavailable—suddenly I’m more determined, and it becomes a mission to find it at any cost. Also, can we not have this same discussion every three weeks? Nothing has changed in that time. I could dig up all the posts from Bob and others saying this offseason feels like the same old story, and it still does. At this point, we’re in a holding pattern; they haven’t done enough, and there are still plenty of holes. We’re a week away from the draft, and after that, more moves will happen once they know what their real needs are.
