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Naw, TT hasn't gotten any probowlers. Just Aaron Rodgers, Nick Collins, Charles Woodson, Clay Mathews, AJ Hawk, Greg Jennings, Tramon Williams, John Kuhn, BJ Raji and Scott Wells.
Listen, I'm not saying TT is perfect. Would I like him to be more aggressive in FA? Yes. I'd like to see him do more. I just don't want him going all in. Maybe that's where I get sidetracked in this conversation all the time. You guys aren't saying that we should bust the bank for players we really don't need are you? You just want us to offer maybe 1 mil more a year to a proven vet in order to get him. If you think GJ is worth 9 mil, maybe we offer him 10 to keep him, right? We offered SJ 3 mil a year, maybe we should have gone to 4.5 just to fix this glaring need. You're not breaking the bank, you're just trying to be reasonable. I understand and agree with that, as long as you're not willing to do that with every position out there because that way leads disaster.
I suppose I just remember being a kid, turning on the TV, then turning it off, then turning it on 3 minutes later and then turning it off, not being able to take how horrible our team was playing. I saw us going down that road again when Sherman took over and TT has just been a great relief to me. It hasn't all be roses by far, but I think he's tried to do the best with what he's been given. I think our team is better now than it was 10 years ago. I think it's better now than it was 5 years ago.
The reason I defend TT so much is that I don't see his philosophy leading to a drop off like we had with Wolf's. I see him being able to sustain a good team indefinitely. The Patriots, Packers, Ravens and the Steelers are pretty much the only teams that year in and year out have put up solid teams and are poised to do so for the future. If that's the case, then I think we're doing something right.
Listen, I'm not saying TT is perfect. Would I like him to be more aggressive in FA? Yes. I'd like to see him do more. I just don't want him going all in. Maybe that's where I get sidetracked in this conversation all the time. You guys aren't saying that we should bust the bank for players we really don't need are you? You just want us to offer maybe 1 mil more a year to a proven vet in order to get him. If you think GJ is worth 9 mil, maybe we offer him 10 to keep him, right? We offered SJ 3 mil a year, maybe we should have gone to 4.5 just to fix this glaring need. You're not breaking the bank, you're just trying to be reasonable. I understand and agree with that, as long as you're not willing to do that with every position out there because that way leads disaster.
I suppose I just remember being a kid, turning on the TV, then turning it off, then turning it on 3 minutes later and then turning it off, not being able to take how horrible our team was playing. I saw us going down that road again when Sherman took over and TT has just been a great relief to me. It hasn't all be roses by far, but I think he's tried to do the best with what he's been given. I think our team is better now than it was 10 years ago. I think it's better now than it was 5 years ago.
The reason I defend TT so much is that I don't see his philosophy leading to a drop off like we had with Wolf's. I see him being able to sustain a good team indefinitely. The Patriots, Packers, Ravens and the Steelers are pretty much the only teams that year in and year out have put up solid teams and are poised to do so for the future. If that's the case, then I think we're doing something right.
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