10-23-2017, 11:40 AM
We ain't the Browns. That said we'll struggle to get to .500,an 8-8 finish. In the NFL.....there's just no tradition of " tank".
In the NBA the top 5 guys in a draft likely are impact. By the time you hit pick #20.... odds are you do not get a star ..if even a starter. In the NFL.....rd 1 guys are good but just look at the Bengals. Zeitler is gone. A Smith left,returned as a FA. Eifort and Ross have not played much (injuries) and Dennard has not been IMPACT at all. Meanwhile.....Geno and Burfict are the ACES of our D. Lawson and Willis look solid. They were not high picks. Ced O and Fisher are slow to emerge at OT. We start a G who wasn't drafted.
I EXPECT of our 5 top picks 2,maybe 3 are O-Line. Depending on what happens with Eifort we may also pick a TE. If we replace the O Line coach I would not be surprised, Lewis? well....we might do better.. or worse.
To RISE you need to draft VERY good and to DEVELOP who you get. Much of that is not Marvin's job. No doubt if a Bill Walsh clone was available...I want him. However...who really is out there? The PROVEN guys are content where they are.
In the NBA the top 5 guys in a draft likely are impact. By the time you hit pick #20.... odds are you do not get a star ..if even a starter. In the NFL.....rd 1 guys are good but just look at the Bengals. Zeitler is gone. A Smith left,returned as a FA. Eifort and Ross have not played much (injuries) and Dennard has not been IMPACT at all. Meanwhile.....Geno and Burfict are the ACES of our D. Lawson and Willis look solid. They were not high picks. Ced O and Fisher are slow to emerge at OT. We start a G who wasn't drafted.
I EXPECT of our 5 top picks 2,maybe 3 are O-Line. Depending on what happens with Eifort we may also pick a TE. If we replace the O Line coach I would not be surprised, Lewis? well....we might do better.. or worse.
To RISE you need to draft VERY good and to DEVELOP who you get. Much of that is not Marvin's job. No doubt if a Bill Walsh clone was available...I want him. However...who really is out there? The PROVEN guys are content where they are.
