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Post by patslifer on Apr 9, 2024 7:51:35 GMT -5
We shall see. They need a left tackle desperately. Health permitting I believe they can win 8 or 9 games yes. I honestly believed Bill was responsible for 4 of the wins last year. he and his staff simply out coached/out game planned the opponent, while the teams 2 QB's performed poorly. they no longer have Bill. remains to be seen what this staff can do. only thing we do know, is that this staff has never done it before. just my opinion, today, the team is worse than they were last year. which I am fine with given that this is a rebuild. has the team fully embraced the rebuild? the sheer number of draft picks the team has the next 2 seasons is troublesome. keeping higher paid vets with limited time left at high salaries is also troublesome (Judon, Andrews). I also have no problem carrying over $30-$40m in cap space to next season. I won't use the term "rebuild" here, but let's just say the team has a lot of holes to fill with aging vets, lack of draft picks, etc. I think (as I said above), you have to view this thing with your 3 year glasses on. They are not going to fill all the holes, address all of the aging vets, nail the FA period and everything else in 1 offseason. Now, if they were able to get a haul for a player or two that might expedite their strategy. They at some point will have to play "Trader Bill" and begin stockpiling picks so they can continue to build.
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Post by Wozzy on Apr 9, 2024 9:31:45 GMT -5
So you don’t think this right now is a “rebuild”? I think the previous situation you mention is forgetting one giant thing, that was the year Brady left. But I get what you’re saying, it’s just that what you are describing is a little rare…I can think of the time when the Baltimore a ravens went rock bottom after their Super Bowl spending splurge, but for the most part I think a lot of what we see is typical. People like to throw the Texans out there as a successful “rebuild”, but they were a 3 win team before Stroud was drafted. He made the difference, and he made a difference to a 3 win team. No one is mentioning that little tad bit in their masterful “rebuild”. No, this is not a rebuild. When you're returning one of the best defenses in the league, 4 out of 5 offensive linemen, when you have the 3rd overall pick, 8 total draft picks, the third most cap space in the league it's not a rebuild. They signed all of their own priority free agents and currently still sit at #1 in the NFL with available cap space. Ground floor of a rebuild is a terrible roster, no cap space, missing draft picks... that was 2020. The rebuild didn't go as planned, the collaborative missed on the QB position... it happens. The Texans steadily improved, Stroud alone wasn't what set them forward in 2023. Nico Collins is a superweapon, the best WR on that team, better than Diggs in his prime. Tank Dell is a stud in the slot. Shultz is a sold TE. The offensive line with Tunsil, Shaq Mason, George Fans, Patterson, Scruggs is the best unit they've had in the Nick Caeserio era and far better than anything Davis Mills got to play behind. You've got to hand it to Nick, he was handed a league worst team and built them up the right way. They were only halfway there in 2023, but the vision forward looks clearer now with Stroud. But if there was a young QB I could get my hands on next year as a free agent it would be Davis Mills. He put up Brissett type production on one of the worst rosters in the NFL, he could level up on a much better team now with a ton of experience. He could be be a sneaky signing for someone next offseason.
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