Was our 2015 offseason a wasted year for rebuild?
Oct 16, 2016 18:02:55 GMT -6
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Post by hawkeye21 on Oct 16, 2016 18:02:55 GMT -6
You don't do a rebuild of that scale without having a tough road to travel.
I'm not saying there haven't been mistakes made. But I expected mistakes to be made. This is a rookie GM. He's not going to get every move right. But I think he will ultimately be a good GM for us. I want to see what the 3rd year of the rebuild looks like. If we don't look significantly better in 2017 then I'll be upset. To me this isn't being positive so much as this is reasonable thinking.
Our draft picks and FA pickup last year ain't even pulling their own weight. White is out again, Amos still can't get a pick, Langford and Grasu just got put into depth now by much better players in this years draft. Mcphee might never be the same if so how long until his knee goes out? Royal is the only one doing decent this year but there are concerns. Acho was a terrible FA pickup.
It felt like last year wasn't even the first year of rebuild. Out of everything we learn last year we have 1 for sure player with Goldman. That's it. 1 year wasted for him. In the NFL you don't get 5+ years to rebuild a team and if you do and still can't be competitive you're doing it wrong.
We're in year 2 of rebuild with 1 good year filled with good draft picks and FA pickups out of 2.
Really hard to compare this year's team to last year's team because the amount of injuries. I think this team has more talent than last year's team but there are too many injuries and Gase being gone hurts some.
As for the Howard/Elliott debate, I think today's games proved my point. Howard is a good RB but he's no Elliott because Elliott has proven to be a top 5 NFL talent.
I'm not trying to discredit Howard at all but I just find it strange when people can't acknowledge a dominant player when they see one.
