07-23-2023, 10:01 AM
(07-21-2023, 02:40 PM)NotBigzo Wrote: We lost two starting safeties in one offseason. There's promise in Battle but Daxton Hill is indeed sus.
The defense is already bad at getting to the QB, so we'd need a spike in productivity in some other than Trey Hendrickson to pick up the slack. Defense as a unit is SUS until proven otherwise.
This team has learned twice, once at the end of both the Palmer and Dalton eras, that replacing number 2 receivers is much more difficult than it sounds. The loss of TJ hurt. If this team had someone better than Laveranues Coles in the 09 playoff game, the offense would have been far less one-dimensional. Marvin Jones was no Tee Higgins, but the wr corps still declined greatly after he and Sanu left in 16. This was at a time when Green still had a lot left and Eifert was on the roster as a 2nd option (theoretically, anyway).
We've seen the casts rotate. Coles, Antonio Bryant, end of career TO, Brandon LaFell, Denarius Moore, so on and so forth. It's receiver purgatory with a clear number one and some jobbers that never quite pan out like you think they should, or like the guys you raised up in house.
This team made some things really obvious this offseason. They spent a lot of high picks on young defenders. The first 2 picks of the last 2 drafts have been defenders. They also took no TE and waited a long time on a RB. Then, the first offensive guy they took was a WR.
This team's identity runs through the quarterback and the receivers. There's zero doubt at this point. They have done all they can to build a roster with a top dollar quarterback and at least 2 top receivers. That's just what the are and intend to be for a long time. I can't say I hate the results so far.
