Roster Updates

[Nicomo Cosca]

(12-03-2020, 02:00 PM)TJHoushmandzadehs Shiny Shoes Wrote: They absolutely should be making a lot more signings like XSF. The difference is they should be signing them as depth pieces rather than as starters.

Fixing this roster requires more than signing starters, it involves building out the depth, which is wafer thin in most positions. The biggest issue on this team at the moment are the likes of Sims, Tony Brown, Redmond, Finley/Allen, Covington, Carter, Hunt, Xavier Williams, Bledsoe etc who are essentially playing because of injury. Instead of signing XSF as a starter, they should be signing players like him as the next man up and ensuring that the drop off in case of injury of starters isn't as steep as is currently the case.

I agree this will take more than one off season to sort but fix the depth and then a couple of careful careful high end acquisitions in each of the draft and free agency and this roster will suddenly look a lot stronger.

Depth can also come from late round draft picks though. Adeniji is a good example. He’s been serviceable in a fill in role. But my point was guys like XSF and Bynes can’t be our big additions in FA like they have been for pretty much forever. You really want to move the needle you need to add guys like Thuney, Conklin, etc.