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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
The problem is that people obsess over superstars.
Pioli walked onto a team with enormous gaps at C, G, RT, #2 RB, FB, TE #1, K, Nickel Back, WR #2, WR #3, ILB, LOLB, FS, SS, DE #1, NT, QB. Not to mention we had zero depth anywhere.
It's pretty amazing how quickly people forget about that. 3 years later, we cut that list down to 4 (assuming Hudson is an answer at C). RT, #2 RB, NT, QB. And we have an enormous amount of cap space. 2 of those are very easy to fill. As I've said in other posts, Pioli's done a much better job with this team than he gets credit for, but it's those last two moves (particularly at QB) that are going to define his legacy here. And it sure seems like he's pushing to compromise all the good he's done to hitch his wagon to the wrong guy.
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This is a great post, tho most will sadly fall on deaf ears.
Pioli has made a few
major gaffes that will blind most everyone to the overall improvements in this team. Todd Haley, Matt Cassel, Tyson Jackson are #1,2,3 for me, and there are other big ones too.
It is definitely the QB position that will make or break him this year. If he sticks w/ Cassel and he flops, I believe he's fired. If he sticks w/ Cassel and we are once again mired in mediocrity, I think he'll stay, but he will be forced to make a change, and we're having this same conversation next Jan-Apr.
I'll be honest, I don't even see a best case trying to play out this year. Matt Cassel will be our starting QB. Best of the worst cases is Cassel flops and Stanzi takes over and shows a little potential.