11-23-2018, 05:33 PM
(11-21-2018, 09:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: And since 2011 we have lost Pro Bowlers Jermain Gresham, Andrew Whitworth, Adam Jones, and Reggie Nelson, plus key starters Marvin Jones, Kevin Zeitler, Andre smith, Domata Peko, Leon Hall, and Terrance Newman.
We have only added one free agent (Brown) and one trade (Glenn) but yet we are still a .500 team in the middle of a playoff chase.
Just shows how amazing our coaching is that we can suffer all these high quality losses, struggle in the draft, add no real quality free agents, and still be doing better than most of the teams in the league.
Lol nice try Fred. What it shows is that Dalton, Green, Atkins, Dunlap (all drafted in 2010-2011) have managed to make this team halfway competitive despite the declining quality of players around them. And in the end, this team isn't going anywhere, so this won't be a feather you can attempt to cram in Marv's cap.
The last 3 years (including this one) haven't been good by any objective person's standards anyway. Even this year we're .500 and fading. Thank goodness Cleveland and Denver are next on the slate. Even if this team slides into the playoffs, I'm willing to sig bet you that we'll swiftly lose and you'll be on here spouting off reasons why 0-8 is somehow okay. Care to take me up on that?
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