Roster Evaluation from a cap perspective

[SunsetBengal]

(11-17-2019, 04:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Who looks good enough to keep?

Hint, when ALL the players look bad the problem is probably not the players.

I agree with this.  In fact, I made a post in another thread, that alludes to that same point.  All NFL teams are choosing from the same talent pool.  By and large, most players drafted are good enough to be considered "NFL quality", and likely can be developed into reliable veteran players.  There are the exceptionally gifted few, that merit being rated highly over the majority of their contemporaries.

To further drive home the point about it being coaches, rather than players, let's look back a few years.  When Mike Zimmer was the DC, this team was able to pick up players off of the scrap heap and turn them into productive players.  Combine that with smart input on draft day, and the result is the Cincy Defense from 2012-2015, a stingy and disciplined unit to reckon with.  Now, some of those same faces are still on the team, but they perform like mere shadows of their former selves.