It all falls on the owner

[TheUberHuber]

(11-03-2017, 04:11 AM)Thundercloud Wrote: Here, and this is gonna be free, are some of my opinions:

Mike has an obsession alright, it's piling up enough money so his family won't lose the team. He doesn't have any interest in living like a king, that's obvious.  But he's been affected for most of his life by what happened to his father in Cleveland. He is determined that no one will get the team away from the family, and passing this stuff from generation to generation requires a lot of cash.

I believe he is far more involved in daily operations and financial decisions than the family leads anyone to believe.

I put the deterioration of the offensive line directly at his feet. We'll never know, of course, but I think he's the one who drew the line on Whitworth and Zeitler which led to their departure.  And an o-line that struggled in 2016 lost its two best players. We might be an actual contender this year if we still had those guys.

I believe that Mike is really a very decent human being when it comes to reaching out to people who he sees as troubled and trying to overcome adversity.  I think he's genuine in that.  It's just not always good for the team's performance.

I can't see him stepping away anytime soon.

I think Andy is a team guy, but I thought I could see some real disgust and frustration on several plays last Sunday, and it was because of the line's ineptitude.

AJ Green is our best player, and even he can't remain at an elite level forever.  We've got to fix that line fast.

Yeah, about the oline,  I could see mb loving the back to back tackles draft. He could see far enough in the future at not having to pay a year or two for veteran players and instead get away with a rookie contract pocketing an extra 10 mil. I honestly believe that once we drafted Cedric, mb was NEVER going to resign whitworth no matter how bad Cedric actually was. And bad he was.  Ced never showed starter potential yet here he is starting and playing like shit.

Mb saw how bad he was yet didn't care,  after all, he was a top pick and "nobody" would question not resigning whit with a 1st rounder waiting to replace him.... mb is pocketing all that money and could care less about the state of the oline. 

The way the NFL cap goes there is NO reason to have ANY cap space, let alone enough to hire a pro bowl left tackle. Owners still make money even if they spend all of their cap, which is what they are supposed to do.