11-13-2019, 04:22 PM
(11-13-2019, 04:08 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: We traded no players at the deadline...not even Dalton or Eifert...with Zac saying we want to win as many games as possible.
Starting the year, we traded no players for draft picks.
This was and is a team in win now mode.
They SHOULD be in rebuilding mode...but I've seen no evidence they are. Look at guys like Sample and Wren who aren't getting many snaps. Rebuilding teams play the younger guys. Not happening here.
Contrary to popular belief selling at the deadline is the best time for BUYING teams to get good deals because there are so much fewer buyers than the off season. The only one who we lose out on is Eiffert and I'm not sure that 6th round pick was make or break for the franchise. I believe Dalton, Glenn, and potentially Dunlap and Kirkpatrick all could be traded this off season. Green will be an interesting litmus test to where they think they are at. I actually think they keep him if the plan is QB but they trade him if it is any other position at #1 overall.
As I said, admitting you are in a rebuild is the tough. The team can want to be in win now mode, but they never were and their actions proved that. They rolled with the same LB group as the previous season that led to one of the worst defenses in history. While there were O line upgrades they were superficial at best. Our previous three years coming into this season showed we weren't winning anything without major changes and those were not made. The mistake was that they equated a veteran roster with a roster ready to win now and that is a deadly mistake a lot of teams make.
