Four consecutive years

[THE PISTONS]

(10-16-2017, 01:46 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Yeah this year there were a lot of players who were injured or not productive, so we're far from alone this year. It's still a major trend for us lately though.

I was pretty disappointed (to say the least) that we didn't draft an o-lineman. Especially considering......


...this. This is the real problem. You can get away with slowly developing rookies when you actually use free agency the way 95% of the league does.

Yes. Basically the way we 1) Don't sign Tier 2 and 3 free agents and 2) Don't retain some of our core free agents letting them walk for Comp Picks...makes us have to have a Good to Great draft EVERY YEAR to maintain a talented roster.

I've posted all the guys we've lost over the past 2 years. We clearly have not replaced them all. Yes - Someone will start that we likely drafted...but that doesn't mean that they are a quality starter.

For instance, people see Nick Vigil's tackle stats and think he's awesome. He's rated 47.6 by PFF. https://www.profootballfocus.com/nfl/players/nick-vigil/10721. Vigil is a TERRIBLE LB.

Andrew Billings: ranked 50.0 or Poor. Billings has been a TERRIBLE DT. https://staging.profootballfocus.com/nfl/players/andrew-billings/10756