Lapham's prediction is IN

[Hammerstripes]

(04-27-2022, 02:13 PM)ATOTR Wrote: I firmly believe that over the last 15 years, the 3 biggest setbacks to this Franchise were: 

Palmer Knee Injury 

The 2014-2018 1st round Draft Run 

And the most crippling; Drafting and Starting Andy Dalton for 9 years like he was a Franchise QB, when he was a backup. 

There have been many, but Andy Dalton wasn't one of the them.  You can't call a guy a "set-back" when he took the team to the playoffs as often as he did.

The 2014-2018 drafts were bad, but the real setback during that time was letting Whit and Zeitler walk and using picks on Fisher and Ced.

The largest, by far, setback for this franchise was drafting Akili Smith instead of taking the Saints offer.