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[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Same. I wanted no part in him moving on. If he was ready to retire, fine, but the media pressure to instantly rebuild are insane and unrealistic. Nobody builds a real sustainable contender in 3 years. The teams that appear to tend to have several years of premium picks for the new "instant turnaround" GM to keep during their house cleaning. Yes, the offense imploded, because the line sucked. Obviously there needs to be investment there this offseason. But the defense has loads of talent at all three levels (admittedly counting hybrid safety as LB) and you don't have the resources to do everything at once. When you have a lot of needs, taking the far better prospect (all 3 top 3 guys in the last draft) is better than wasting resources overpaying for a lesser one. None of your draft picks were about last year. Invest in the line in FA and you're not in bad shape to win with defense.

I want Mayo. He's the guy. I'd take Vrabel. I'd be OK with Kellen Moore, because I think he did good things and some of the weird big picture decisions in terms of playcalling approach were dictated by bad HCs with bad plans. But I want Mayo. I like our defenses with him at the head (understanding that distributing contributions is super hard), and I think he's a really promising candidate. As much as I didn't want to lose Bill, "Mayo's getting a HC job this year, so we're going to make the move now to make sure we have him here" is just about the only rationale behind the move I could get behind.

I'm scared BoB has a chance. I'd love to keep him on as OC, rebuild the line, and bring in a veteran QB to compete with Mac in camp. (No, Zappe isn't competition. Benching Mac was throwing in the towel. He can't make reads or throws.) I don't really want to take a QB at 3 unless you're convinced that he's an elite elite prospect, because without blocking you'll just break him. Mac broke down as the season went on because he couldn't reliably get through three step drops without getting hit, and you'll have the same issue with anyone.

[-] Jean_Lurk_Picard@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I completely forgot about Mayo! Yes honestly if Mayo is ready, pairing him with a great GM and scout team might be the best way to move forward.

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