10-20-2016, 03:31 PM
(10-20-2016, 03:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I felt the same way, but you're right. Maybe we just lucked out in the '10 and '11 drafts. It will be so depressing if we have to look back on the amazing careers of players like Atkins, Dunlap, Leon, Nelson, Whit, Green, Dalton, Gio, etc, and know that even an amazing core like that was unable to win even one playoff game. It's sad for them and the fans deserve better as well.
I just saw your list and thought "how long do we have those guys for". Obviously Leon and Nelson are gone. This is the last year of Whit's contract, and he is getting up there in age (based on the early play of Fisher and Ogbuehi I think they have to offer him at least another one year deal). Now for the worrisome part...
Geno, Dunlap, and Dalton are all free agents in 2019. Unless we think there is going to be a miraculous comeback resulting in a Super Bowl this year, that means two more years and they all are gone or need new deals. Burfict has next year left on his deal. That is four of your top five players are free agents in either 2018 or 2019.
