so you mean compare the roster now to going into the 2013 season?
If so
1. I'd have to say no...Hardy obviously won't be back and he was one of our "elite" players, and although I'm high on Norwell and Remmers, I think our line was better 2 years ago with Gross. WRs are probably a wash at this point, and our secondary as a whole is maybe slightly better today (maybe). Not to mention Dwill and Tolbert still had something left in the tank 2 years ago... (This is on a strictly one year evaluation basis, I think we have a lot more young potential on our roster now and I think we'll be in a better place 5 years from now because of it.)
2. Well...a year ago I would have said yes, but RR slipped back into a lot of his old bad habits last year (excessive conservatism, questionable game management, not using players correctly, not evaluating talent on the roster correctly). Not saying I want RR gone, just that he hasn't improved as much as we all thought he did in 2013. Also, Shula is still gonna Shula. I guess we demoted Rodgers at least so that's an improvement
3. Well, even with 2 pessimistic answers I still have to say the FO has us moving in the right direction. The majority of Gettleman's picks have contributed in some role, and we've made the playoffs 2 years in a row despite being limited to the "dollah store" in FA. If you look at his philosophy of getting cheaper FA's for need and drafting for talent... that's how most of the best teams in the league are put together. Now if we could only ditch Shula I'd feel even better about the FO being willing to shake things up...