12-14-2021, 02:52 AM
(12-14-2021, 01:35 AM)Whatever Wrote: I mean, what does "win" really mean? The SB? The division? One game?
Increasing player salaries were one of the issues he cited, but that also includes being able to resign his own players.
But in any case, if you remember the Lost Decade, there's no way you can argue FA hasn't improved since PBS opened. Toast Jones...Jeff Query...Eric Bienemy... dragging Barry Foster out of retirement only to have him go back into retirement before ever playing a down...Neil O'fnDonald... getting 1 decent season out of Richmond Webb before injuries ended him...Garrison Hearst was probably the best we got but doesn't really count because we got him on fn waivers. Guys that make John Thornton look like Aaron Donald. Guys that make Nate Clements look like Deion.
Look at the 7 years of free agents we signed before PBS vs the 7 years that followed:
Before: Garrison Hearst, Ashley Ambrose (better than any CB we've signed since), Neil O'Donnell, Eric Bieniemy, Jimmy Spencer, Andre Collins, Keith Rucker, Derrick Fenner (800 yard season with 14 TDs in Seattle), Clyde Simmons, Myron Bell, Michael Bankston, Oliver Gibson, Richmond Webb, etc
After: Tory James, John Thornton, Reggie Kelly, Kevin Hardy, Kenny Watson, Kim Herring, Duane Clemons, Bryon Robinson, Carl Powell, Nate Webster, Jon Kitna (better than ODonnell? Eh), Antonio Chatman, Dhani Jones, Dexter Jackson, etc.
Where's the giant leap in quality?
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
