Perhaps the perfect tank job?

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(03-04-2020, 11:23 AM)Au165 Wrote: I don't believe they entered the season expecting to be that bad. I think once the injuries and retirements on the offense piled up they understood the situation. I think they intentionally ran Finley out there in a Win/Win situation. If he ends up being good we have something to work around next year and if he is bad we lose games Andy would probably have won and we have a better shot at a top QB.

I agree.

People need to remember that basically the same roster went 6-10 just the year before and started 4-1 before some critical injuries.
It's very likely that the Front Office felt the reason for the decline was the coaching staff, not the roster, and therefore didn't want to make too many changes to the roster.
They likely hoped/expected the team to actually improve from 2018 with a fully healthy roster and new coaching scheme/staff.

Unfortunately, they found out the roster wasn't as good as they thought it was (although I think many of us knew), and now they are (supposedly) willing to have more turnover with the roster.
With that said, it sounds like they want to replace/fill many positions, so they likely won't go for 1-2 elite upgrades but instead a handful of middle-tier guys.