01-29-2025, 03:52 PM
(01-29-2025, 03:37 PM)Au165 Wrote: Hubbard, Hilton, Cappa, going back to Bell, Pratt potentially, Sample (hodgepodge of TE), Maybe he is talking about hanging on to Mixon as long as they did, Could maybe even look at Jonah. Sounds like this is a look back at essentially now all the way back to the SB. I wonder if he is even acknowledging there could have been guys you could have moved for some value at various times he didn't (think Bates).
The quoted question was specifically about the defense though.
"The biggest takeaway I had from my convo with him was that they tried to keep the core of the SB defense together & now realized they held on to a few players a little too long"
I guess when I hear them say holding on for too long, Bell wouldn't be part of that because he did leave for a year.
I didn't personally think there was anything wrong with keeping the guys they had going into last season.
The problem was more that they haven't developed hardly any of the young guys to take over.
DB room had declined with the losses of Awuzie and especially Bates.
DL depth was not good.
Zac Taylor 2019-2020: 6 total wins
Zac Taylor 2021-2022: Double-digit wins each season, plus 5 postseason wins
Zac Taylor 2023: 9 wins despite losing Burrow half the season
Zac Taylor 2024: Started 1-4. Ended 9-8 but barely missed playoffs
Changes needed to do better in Sept/Oct moving forward.
Sorry for Party Rocking!
Zac Taylor 2021-2022: Double-digit wins each season, plus 5 postseason wins
Zac Taylor 2023: 9 wins despite losing Burrow half the season
Zac Taylor 2024: Started 1-4. Ended 9-8 but barely missed playoffs
Changes needed to do better in Sept/Oct moving forward.
Sorry for Party Rocking!
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