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Originally Posted by rm1369
If things go well in a couple areas then you could be right. Wouldn’t that make what the team has at CB and OL depth that much worse? I don’t understand how you can believe this will be a decent team AND be happy with some of the roster decisions.
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No fan of any team is totally happy about all the moves made by their team. I know you will shrug that off, so I will continue.
I think Paye and Dayo will prove to be what we expected them to be. I think they will help the young secondary by lessening the time a QB has. I also think OL depth is a league-wide issue. This has been noted by several posters here, but nobody wants to acknowledge it. Vets are not available if they are any good. Risner keeps being mentioned, but nobody is signing him. I am not even hearing of him visiting any teams. Further, Ballard is holding onto OL guys to see who can make a jump. I think he is aware of the lack of quality depth, so he is throwing a lot of guys in there to see who might work. I know they are not the guys that you want, but they are who is available. Also, I think the youth movement is being done to rebuild for a sustained run in a year or two. It is very rare for a team with a rookie QB to be a contender for a SB, so why not go with youth, and add in vets if the QB pans out? That would make more sense than wasting those resources on a rebuilding team.
In summary, since I know you will probably get lost, I am sating the direction is right. We have a solid core of relatively young guys, and if that core works out just a little, then next year will be the chance to make a push with a new draft class, and a couple of solid vets added via free agency. The QB situation is what has to be fixed first.