Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 5020318)

I didn't realize this thread was going on... I was kinda commenting on this in another thread. I think our talent evaluation is miles better.

The problem is, at least under DV it felt like we were getting the most out of the players we had. Now we had some real untalented hacks on defense... but we had a lot of guys who were playing to the max of their potential (Trent, Priest, etc... especially guys like Blaylock, Hall, Waters, Wiegmann, Fujita, Dunn, etc)

Right now it just doesn't feel like we have a lot of guys doing that, but hopefully that gets better as time goes on.

The other hard thing about it is, Carl brought DV here to try and make one last run. Not that DV could've rebuilt this roster with youth, I don't think that's his strength at all. But I think what DV did was what Carl brought him in here to do... try and get Carl a trophy as he rode off into the sunset. No matter what it took, FA's, trading draft picks... just trying to put together a roster that could win a Super Bowl. It didn't get done, but now everyone blames DV for wrecking the franchise, when Carl knew the consequences of what they were trying to do, and now we're paying for it and he's still here without his trophy.

Originally Posted by Otter (Post 5022144)

Really? You would think that a teams "G-E-N-E-R-A-L" "M-A-N-A-G-E-R" would have something to say about letting a team get too old to complete and draft poorly season after season.

Originally Posted by DJJasonp (Post 5022129)

I submit: Clinton Portis.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5019810)

There is more talent on the defense, far less on offense, and we are substantially more poorly coached.