gimmesix
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
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You have to consider some things..Jerry loves to be in the perception of the risk taker.. He was suppressed on the martin pick by Stephen and Garrett and it was proven to be the right pick. STEPHEN does the pick if Jerry wants to get outside the box for risks...I smell his work on Jaylon, which i was against, This year we see if that reach pays dividends..
I also smell jerry on Dlaw, Gregory, Dlaw maybe one of the better risks of Jerry but Mcclay was the one who brought him..Mcclay brings the meat, and im sure his opinion highly respected but i dont relate the actual picks to him..Im sure he has politicd numerous times..
STEPHEN to me is a less risky Jerry but he has made some bad moves on his own..The lack of a back up qb he took responsibility in offseason 2016, also you be sure the first moves in FA were to shore up depth in the oline and the eventual release of Green..OVERALL i think Stephen a better buffer for Jerry but his moves are the ones that cost us last year..I realize they didnt anticipate Free retiring, but Leary was a known, and they fumbled!
I agree that they fumbled on Leary, but I don't think we know who all fumbled.
Certainly, Jerry and Stephen working as the tandem GM and making decisions about who to keep and who to let go. Probably also McClay as the personnel man in not making it clear to them that trying to replace him with Green or low-cost free agents was a bad idea. And likely, Garrett, Linehan and Pollack for not making it clear that Leary was a vital part of the team's success in 2016.
Now, maybe McClay, Garrett, Linehan and Pollack all stood on the table for Leary, but we don't know that so it's easier to blame the Joneses, even if it's not accurate.
I'm an advocate of removing the Joneses from the equation by leaving talent acquisition and decisions up to others, but even with the Joneses involved, it's been made clear since at least the Parcells days that it's a group effort. So when a bad move happens, the group is to blame, and when a good thing takes place, the entire group deserves the credit.