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(11-12-2020, 02:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: If by "stuff" you mean only win 4 times in 24 games then, yeah, you are right.  This never happened when Marvin was here.

But here are some things that did happen when Marvin was here.

In 2008 we signed Cedric Benson a month into the season and after starting 0-6 we finished 4-5-1 in the games he started.

In 2007 we signed Dhani Jones 3 weeks into the season and after starting 2-6 we finished 5-3 when we inserted him into the starting line up.

After giving up 71 points in the first two games of the 2012 season we signed Wallace Gilberry and ended up with the #8 scoring defense in the league,

In 2008 we signed Chris Crocker in November and after starting 1-8-1 we finished 3-3 in games he started.

In 2009 we signed RB Larry Johnson in November and when Benson went down with an injury he stepped in and rushed for over 100 yards in a win against the Browns.

That's 5 examples in the span on 16 years. We've done it 5 times now in one season (Mike Daniels, Xavier Williams, Margus Hunt, Quinton Spain, Takk McKinley).

And, for the record, by "stuff" I mean a fairly prominent player gets cut or released or reaches free agency, you know how we act. There are 3 threads saying we should sign this person by the end of the day. But we all knew it was never going to happen. Then another team signs them and, sometimes, they go on to do pretty well for their new team making us, as fans, feel like our front office isn't even really trying to win.

It's nice to see the front office identifying a problem and trying to fix it in season, injury or no. Rather than wait for the off season and then maybe re-sign our own guys but very rarely anyone of consequence from other teams in free agency. And then we get told why we can't afford our top free agent who is leaving for another team because we have to roll money over to the next year for whatever reason.

Has the Taylor era been as successful as the Lewis era? Not yet. It may never be (which would be sad, but it's realistic at this point), but at least Taylor era spends money on new players rather than always relying on the draft and building internally, even when what you have internally isn't working.