03-26-2020, 02:57 PM
(03-26-2020, 02:39 PM)Joelist Wrote: Actually we did "overpay" (a meaningless term) for Reader but by doing so we served notice that we were willing to pay to get better players. And that helped us with subsequent contracts.
As to this haul, they are younger players entering or about to enter their primes. Also, there is clearly a plan in operation here and line one on it seems to be "fix the bad tackling" and line two is "improve run defense". Even our new Guard is suggestive of a plan - he has played well in a zone blocking scheme which suggests they still want to use that scheme but now recognize they have to have the correct players to implement it.
Yeah, I guess they overpaid for Reader, but happy they did.
Great point on XSF, they brought in a Guard that fits which is something we just weren't doing in the past on the OL.
They got a plan and they are sticking to it. Stop the run, run the ball, protect the QB.
