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Originally Posted by TEX
 I applaud you sir for FINALLY saying SOMETHING I can agree with!
Not that it matters, because everyone is entitled to his/ her opinion - just easy to read something I agree with coming from you, rather than wanting to send my monitor flying across the room. |
Again, if you read what was actually talked about in the offseason, you'd probably agree in hindsight more than you realize.
I never said the oline would be good. What I said is that good gms can build good olines while spending little money and using lesser draft picks. Dorsey has done that. But between 4 picks and multiple free agents, the oline talent is terrible. That is a problem with Dorsey, not the approach. He has to get better evaluating oline talent.
I got a lot of shit for saying we didn't need desean Jackson and jairus Byrd. Obviously, they'd both be huge upgrades. But look where we landed. We barely signed Alex Smith and we are scared as shit we won't extend Houston, berry, Hudson, or Poe. I still stand behind the approach to clean up the cap vs spend big money.
I predicted 7-9 and said I just wanted to see improvement. We've seen the worst case scenario. Even behind the worst offensive line we've seen in years, we will probably end up over. 500 against a brutal schedule.
I know the oline has to be much better. Obviously, our receivers suck. But whereas everyone had this ultimatum to win now, I said it would take two years and the only way it works is if Dorsey is nails. I think he's quietly built an excellent dline, secondary, tes, and backfield. His next step is to patch up the oline and bring some receiving weapons. He has whiffed big time on these two things so far so he better get that shit right next offseason.
There were a lot of people who predicted 2-14. It's amazing that because of one loss, Cp is siding with these people instead of the realists who predicted a 7-9 good or quite great yet year.