04-26-2017, 01:00 PM
(04-26-2017, 12:55 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Just imagine on that 2013 team if they had another capable LB that they signed in free agency or a big DT.
On the 2015 team...just imagine if they had a Center?
The thing with football is...progression isn't linear. You don't win 8 games one year, then 10, then 12, then 14 and win a Super Bowl. Look Atlanta came out of nowhere.
Team progression isn't linear. Free agency and injuries make teams worse. Players age. Players decline. From that 2015 team...we lost Sanu, Jones, Nelson, Peko, Leon Hall, Whitworth, Zeitler, AJ Hawk, Bernard has a torn ACL...I could go on and on. That's 6 starters in that list. 6 out of 22 starters gone from the 2015 team.
Our team was absolutely worse last year from free agent losses. They weren't replaced with better guys in any case. The dropoff from Nelson to Williams was steep.
Imagine if Dalton didn't injure his thumb trying to tackle a player. It isn't hard to do.
You may say I'm a dreamer. I'm not the only one.
(The center isn't to blame for 2015.)
