11-12-2021, 04:05 PM
(11-12-2021, 03:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Taylor inherited just as much good talent on his team as Marvin did. Jesse Bates, Tyler Boyd, Sam Hubbard, Carlos Dunlap, Joe Mixon, William Jackson, Carl Lawson, Gio Bernard, and CJ Uzomah.
The facts are that Marvin took over a TWO win team, lost the best player on his defense (Spikes) and the best player on his offense (Dillon) and still won 8 games.
Zac took over a 6 win team and it took him two years to win 6 games.
Bull.
Carson Palmer, Chad Johnson, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Peter Warrick, Rudi Johnson, Levi Jones, Willie Anderson, Rich Braham, Justin Smith, Brian Simmons, and Jeremi Johnson.
That list trumps yours by a long shot.
Again, Marv was able to win games because the talent he inherited was young and ascending (or in their primes), whereas most of the core of the team Zac inherited was already washed up or checked out mentally. The young guys Zac inherited in no way compare to the guys Marv got.
The best would probably be Joe Mixon, and he's no better than Rudi, who was arguably the 5th best player Marv inherited.
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