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<blockquote data-quote="SpartaChris" data-source="post: 436049" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Some facts fans need to remember but seem to keep forgetting:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You cannot have a pro-bowl player at every position, so some positions are naturally going to be weaker than others. The best you can do is hope the players you have get better and look to try and improve each position while staying within the salary cap. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Taking a guy high in the draft != instant stud, or even a good player. League history is littered with guys taken high in the draft who were busts. Here's just one list: <a href="http://football.about.com/od/nfldrafthistory/tp/topdraftbusts.htm" target="_blank">http://football.about.com/od/nfldrafthistory/tp/topdraftbusts.htm</a>. And hindsight is always 20/20. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Just because Ted Thompson doesn't reach, trade for or select a guy you think he should doesn't mean he's not addressing a position of need, and some positions are a greater need than others. Offensive line, for example, is a much greater need than OLB. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You are not going to win the Super Bowl every year. The only thing you can do is try and make the playoffs on a consistent enough basis to win one or two, perhaps more if you're lucky. Ted's done just that with this organization- Built a team that can make the playoffs and take a shot at a Super Bowl run more often than not. We've made the playoffs the last three years in a row and 4 out of the last 5 years. And one of those runs did include a Super Bowl title. You can't have much more success than that. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Having the opportunity to work with them day in and day out, our coaching staff knows far more about what the players can and cannot do than we do, and Brad Jones had 7 sacks in the last half of the first year running this scheme. Unfortunately injuries have marred his development and production in recent years, but he's showed promise at the position. Whether he's able to become the answer at the position or not, I don't know, but neither does anyone else for that matter. Only our coaching staff knows what he's capable of. </li> </ul><p>I think it would quite interesting to create a "Fantasy General Manager" type game where fans who think they know more about building a roster than general managers do can track the player transactions they would have made over the long haul. I imagine it would be eye opening for fans who think running an NFL franchise is akin to fantasy football or playing Madden.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpartaChris, post: 436049, member: 1007"] Some facts fans need to remember but seem to keep forgetting: [LIST] [*]You cannot have a pro-bowl player at every position, so some positions are naturally going to be weaker than others. The best you can do is hope the players you have get better and look to try and improve each position while staying within the salary cap. [*]Taking a guy high in the draft != instant stud, or even a good player. League history is littered with guys taken high in the draft who were busts. Here's just one list: [url]http://football.about.com/od/nfldrafthistory/tp/topdraftbusts.htm[/url]. And hindsight is always 20/20. [*]Just because Ted Thompson doesn't reach, trade for or select a guy you think he should doesn't mean he's not addressing a position of need, and some positions are a greater need than others. Offensive line, for example, is a much greater need than OLB. [*]You are not going to win the Super Bowl every year. The only thing you can do is try and make the playoffs on a consistent enough basis to win one or two, perhaps more if you're lucky. Ted's done just that with this organization- Built a team that can make the playoffs and take a shot at a Super Bowl run more often than not. We've made the playoffs the last three years in a row and 4 out of the last 5 years. And one of those runs did include a Super Bowl title. You can't have much more success than that. [*]Having the opportunity to work with them day in and day out, our coaching staff knows far more about what the players can and cannot do than we do, and Brad Jones had 7 sacks in the last half of the first year running this scheme. Unfortunately injuries have marred his development and production in recent years, but he's showed promise at the position. Whether he's able to become the answer at the position or not, I don't know, but neither does anyone else for that matter. Only our coaching staff knows what he's capable of. [/LIST] I think it would quite interesting to create a "Fantasy General Manager" type game where fans who think they know more about building a roster than general managers do can track the player transactions they would have made over the long haul. I imagine it would be eye opening for fans who think running an NFL franchise is akin to fantasy football or playing Madden. [/QUOTE]
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