Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
This is quite silly.
As if a poll from which most of us, with the exception of a handful in here, have any clue what it takes to build a multi million $ team in a heavily regulated league whilst dealing with agents, scouts, Paraag, Kyle, injuries, covid, turf, Joan from accounting, player egos, media, Cohns, fans and social media.
The guy needs a medal for rebuilding the roster he was given to get the post season success not seen for years in a very short time frame. SMH
This team has been built on coaching and talent development more than high value aqusition. Look at all the misses he's had in wasted high round picks or the busts he's had in fa in his time here.
Hmmm. That's an interesting point. I'm kind of curious.
Pierre Garcon: Miss
Malcolm Smith: Miss
Marquise Goodwin: Miss
Kyle Juszczyk: HIT
Richard Sherman: HIT
Jet McKinnon: MISS
Weston Richburg: Miss
Jason Verrett: Hit AND Miss? --- I don't re-call spending big money on him. He was great in 2020, but has had injury misfortune.
Kwon Alexander: Miss
Emmanuel Sanders: Hit --- One year rental that I believe was instrumental in getting us to the Super Bowl. And while it's not quantifiable, Deebo Samuel credits Sanders with helping him develop in his rookie year.
Dee Ford: MISS. This one is probably the worst.
DeForest Buckner Trade: Mixed bag. Depends on who you ask here, but ultimately we traded DeFo so that we could keep Armstead, Ward, have money for Kittle's extension, and ended up drafting Kinlaw. This trade looks a lot better if Kinlaw produces this year.
Some of the early misses, IMO, aren't too costly because we overpaid when we were a talent-starved team that no one wanted to go to. We also had the cap room.
Juice was an overpay, but he's a core piece for us. Sherman was great for us. McKinnon's injury woes were a huge miss. Richburg's injury and retirement was a miss, but did his contract hurt us?
Dee Ford's acquisition and contract is the worst of it all.
I also don't remember the contract details for some of them and I know I'm missing some. What else?