12-05-2017, 06:11 PM
(12-05-2017, 04:59 PM)3wt Wrote: My main theme would be to make the team more physical, smarter and tougher.
1) Fire the entire coaching staff. Top to bottom. Clean house. Guenther too. We drastically need to change the culture. We're fighting history as much as we're fighting the other team here.
2) Hire Matt Patricia as the HC. He seems very adaptable with the Patriots and their defense doesn't have any stars. Excellent point. He also seems to understand how a roster fits together as a team...not just as a collection of players. Another excellent point. I'd let him bring in his staff...I'd be ok with Hue Jackson being the OC. I think Hue is overrated. Too gimmicky. I actually like Lazor better. He gets better every week. Guys need held accountable. We also need top coordinators.
3) Sign Guard Andrew Norwell (Give him $6 million a year if that's what it takes.) I know we won't sign a lot of free agents, so lets see one that counts.
4) Waive Adam Jones and Michael Johnson. Invest that money in other positions. We can't have guys on the roster not contributing at a high level.
5) Sign Center Ryan Jensen away from the Ravens. He grades as the #4 Center in football. Major priority, and a good solution. You may have to pay more than 6 million for him... but do it. He's making less than $2 million a year now. He's 26. Offer him $5-6 million a year if you have to. The benefit over drafting a Center is that you know he's ready to go.
6) Draft BPA out of Tackle, DT, LB, and Safety with our 1st and 2nd Round picks. We should have a shot at DT Christian Wilkens from Clemson who is a dominant DT who could be a HOF caliber guy. I like it. Also, I noted you mention safety in your BPA scenario - which I like. I would also consider CB. I mean besides Jackson I think we have a pedestrian lot. And Dre is definitely not worth the money we're paying him. There are other LB's that are good here too. Whatever we do, we don't want to reach.
7) Sign a free agent LB with some experience. Minter was ok...but I'm not impressed. Perhaps a guy like Tahir Whitehead from the Lions. We definitely need to get tougher at LB aside from Burfict.
8) Try to draft another TE in maybe Round 3 and let Eifert go. Unless you can prove he's not going to recover from his back surgery I would not let him go. He's a monster if (but a big if) he remains healthy.
These changes should take us to the playoffs and hopefully allow us to win. With a new HC, he has 2-3 years to change the culture then it becomes stale.
Nice post
Thanks for the comments.
re: Eifert - He's played in something like 39 of 80 games in his career. I think expecting him to play in 12 games a year is a bit much. IF we could get him for $3-4 million a year, I might do it. For anything more, I let him walk.
