ESPN's coverage of our free agent signings

[MileHighGrowler]

Given comments that Tobin and the coaches have made, they seemed pretty convinced this offseason that their OL was serviceable. I'm not surprised at all they let the top OL FAs find other homes. Also, given the way the team likes to structure their contracts, I'm not sure letting Lawson or WJIII walk was a surprise, either. I could be wrong, but I'm not expecting the FA pick ups to make much difference to the team. It does nothing to address their primary weakness and protect Burrow (the OL) and swapping out positions on defense doesn't add depth or additional competition so I don't see particular improvement to the team, just to the contract structures.

I'd love nothing more than for Tobin to bounce. Everyone blames the Family for the way personnel is handled, and I'm not defending them because at the end of the day it's their show. But Tobin has been around quite a while and he's obviously not driving any kind of positive change. We'll see how the rest of FA and the draft shake out, but I haven't been convinced of any improvements since they decided to keep Taylor and Co and Tobin. This has all pretty much fallen in line with that. The hubris that surrounds this team is remarkable. Not only does the Family possess it in overflowing quantities, the staff they hire do as well, convinced they have the silver bullet to turn it all around without addressing the true needs.