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But not good enough, damnit.
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"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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Remember those TEs that Thompson should sign?
J Gresham caught 18 passes for Arizona, including zero in the playoffs.
V Davis caught 38 for 395 and 0 TDs.Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.Comment
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Hmmm....maybe Jimmy Graham's available.
For JC Tretter."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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I'm a bit unclear how you rated the players. For example, who is the "1" from 2005, Whitticker who started for a year, or Montgomery who played five years for them?Originally posted by Smidgeon View PostComment
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Originally posted by pbmax View Post
convenient of you to leave out the productive TE's who were available last year and strong commodities during the unrestricted free agency period....you know..the time when we discuss the draft in hereTERD Buckley over Troy Vincent, Robert Ferguson over Chris Chambers, Kevn King instead of TJ Watt, and now, RICH GANNON, over JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY LEONARD. Thank you FLOWERComment
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I wasn't sure how to rate that year. I think my rule of thumb was "Do I remember them starting at least one game?" and I couldn't remember if Montgomery had. Almost everyone else who was a contributor started several games.No longer the member of any fan clubs. I'm tired of jinxing players out of the league and into obscurity.Comment
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Names of those who didn't re-sign with their teams?Originally posted by Bretsky View PostBud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.Comment
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Montgomery didn't start very often, but he was part of their DL rotation for 5 years. That's a very good return on a 6th or 7th round pick.Originally posted by Smidgeon View PostComment
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W/O even looking guys that went into the unrestricted free agency period were Delanie Walker, Charles Clay, and Jordan Cameron.Originally posted by pbmax View PostTERD Buckley over Troy Vincent, Robert Ferguson over Chris Chambers, Kevn King instead of TJ Watt, and now, RICH GANNON, over JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY LEONARD. Thank you FLOWERComment
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When did Schlauderaff ever contribute?? Elmore got cut right out of the gate... DJ Smith?? That's contributing??Originally posted by Smidgeon View Post
As for the "hit rate"... that is misleading, b/c afterall, the draft is TT's only means of player procurement - of course some of those guys need to play. Just b/c they played, you can't say they "contributed"... what does "contributed" mean?? A bartender can "contribute" for a game or two...
What we need is impact players at the top of the draft, and fill lineup holes with vets that can provide a year or two. Mining for diamonds in the rough is all well and good, and necessary; but, a GM can't be so myopic as to say 'to hell with this years on-field product - some of my mining projects might be ready by next year'. In the mean time, the clock is ticking on blue-chip vets, and years are ticking by...
This years whack-a-mole disaster reared its ugly head on the OL - would it have killed TT to have signed a veteran OT who had a year left in the tank?? (no suggestions, as I'm not going to bother researching who was available). Instead, TT and MM philosophize that we can move this C/G/OT here, and that C/G/OT there, and round and round she goes...
There's a serious flaw in TT's approach, even though the core of his philosophy is correct.
We'll see moving forward, but I would bet dollars to donuts that next is a repeat of this year. We weren't good enough to win the division, and we got predictably bounced when we met a good team in the playoffs.wistComment
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Well, that's a bet that will be won in one way or another by 31 teams next year, so I suspect you will be correct.Originally posted by wist43 View Post
Predicting that a team will not make, or will get beat in the playoffs is about as safe a prediction as there is.Comment
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The real problem, as Wist points out, is Thompson's attitude - the hell with this year's product.Originally posted by Patler View Post
If TT cared more about winning and less about his egotistical need to develop only draft picks and preferably lower-round ones, and if he'd draft more manly offensive linemen, we wouldn't be mired in such mediocrity.
Oh, and if we fired Dom Capers, too. Almost forgot that key element."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - WoodbuckComment
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Moving that needle to 2/4, TT's hit rate for starter/heavy rotation player in the lowest rounds of the draft is 48%. Which is amazing, actually.No longer the member of any fan clubs. I'm tired of jinxing players out of the league and into obscurity.Comment
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