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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Not true.
The window is open. But it will be closing by 2014. This team isn't as young as you think it is, not by a long shot. The window was opening when Scooter took over the reigns and drove the team into a mountain.
4 years later all the young talent that came in over the last couple years of Herm's time here is approaching the end of their prime years.
This isn't a team that should be rebuilding, but it's definitely a team that should be operating with the knowledge that a rebuild will be necessary by 2015. And honestly, looking at this draft, I think that's exactly what they did. They went after Smith knowing that they need some base-level competency at the position in order to take advantage of the primes of their best players. They then used the rest of the draft on picks that many of us see as somewhat redundant picks, but on BPA guys that they realize will probably be needed to step in sooner than you think.
As I've taken a longer look at this draft, I think they did a very smart thing in how they approached it. This team isn't a young team anymore and Reid/Dorsey wisely approached it as a team starting from scratch.
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Read this today while at the chiropractor and didn't get a chance to respond. Damn dentistry will get the back, if you don't stay on top of taking care of it.
However, like you said, the "core" here isn't so young. We needed to add the next wave of "core" guys to go along with Berry, Houston, Poe etc.
Hopefully Fisher can be that guy, among another draft pick or two