Your the Owner! What do you do?

[*SHRacerX*]

I am to the point that I would evaluate the roster that anyone that is one their second (or later) contract and has significant value out there would be offered as a trade for draft picks. I would only trade for high picks, not a fire sale. Have to get strong value in return. No one is safe. I would not move guys that are still on a rookie contract. I would build around them.

I would leave the coaching and scouting intact and give them a real chance to develop their systems. I don't think turnover helps the team in this instance.

From a drafting standpoint, I would focus on Offensive and Defensive line. I would avoid falling in love with the sexy WR or CB until the middle of the team is strong on both sides. This is how the Ravens were initially developed and, more recently, the Colts.

Lastly, I would anoint Duke Tobin the GM. I don't blame him for the recent failures. I think he is a very solid evaluator of talent. Mike is doing very little in this department as it is, so I would give him this title that he has really been operating under as it would show the fanbase the so-called structural change that they have been calling for years. From a talent evaluation standpoint, I am unsure if this is a part of the current mindset, but I loved what Jimmy Johnson said years ago: He wanted playmakers. They didn't have to be the biggest or fastest but he wanted the guys that always were around the ball and made big plays. I don't want tentative players. I want energetic players that put winning above everything else. A good example of what this does NOT look like is Ced Ogbuehi. I don't care if the guy is a dancing bear, and has great athleticism, you could even see in college that the guy had no passion and no leadership. He just did this as a means to an end, and that won't carry you to the top.

From a FA standpoint, there are a couple positions that I think I could sign quality, proven talent: Linebacker and safety. I think those are two of the toughest positions to draft and develop (although to be clear, I would not stop trying this, but for the immediate future I need solid options there). I would find the best SS and LB that I could acquire as FA and sign them.

I actually like a lot of the young talent at WR, RB, and TE, and I would not view trading the likes of Green, Dre, Boyd, etc as waving the white flag. I believe that improving the lines would make the team significantly better relatively quickly if those picks are used on the lines.

The defensive line can build around like likes of Lawson, Hubbard, Billings, and Glasgow. I think Dunlap and Atkins could provide some nice draft equity for a team that is very close to competing for a Super Bowl.