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Kurb

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pantherclaw Grand Master

pantherclaw

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I'm sitting here wondering what we lost that isn't replacable.

None of our receivers that were on the roster last year are/was good enough to be a top receiver.

I love smitty, but replacing 60 yards a game and .3 TDs a game isn't going to be difficult.

And he was our best receiver.

For a fan that has been here since the beginning, I'm jind of excited about redoing the entire receiving core.

It won't be difficult.

There is PLENTY of quality free agents and receivers in the draft.

Gross, we need a new left tackle.

We got time. Plenty of time.

Ya can't judge the quality of the product that will be on the field, when it's march.

I know rivera and gettleman will field a competitive team.

May not be how I'd do it, or anybody else, but it'll get done.

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'Rebuilding' is a term that only applies when you're replacing the entire core of a team.

We lost gross to retirement and Smitty to release, but we still have the vast majority of last year's core players in place. Nobody else that we've lost could rightly be called a core player.

We didn't get big name free agents? Well, we didn't last year either. And yeah, our situation may be worse now than then as far as number of players, but our cap was a whole lot worse last offseason.

Sorry, but week one of free agency is just way too early for the kind of histrionics this board is seeing.

If WR was a need when we had Smith, Lafell, Hixon, and Ginn what would you call it now? Is there a #1 Wr left in FA or in the draft at 28?

This year can't be compared to last year because we had player like Smitty and Gross that bought us time. We don't have that luxury this year.

I'm asking you, not trying to be a smart ass or anything. Is there a WR that you see in FA or in the draft that can be a #1? Yes we have a good core of players, but the offense is a mess. In Cam's 4th year how much longer can you surround him with band aids?

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Am I the only one that enjoys the Huddle more than ever in times like this? It's when things are really really great or really really bad that I turn to the Huddle.

 

I am compelled to flock to controversy as well...  although you just told on yourself, SMF..  (as if it wasn't obvious already)

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Mr. Scot Grand Master

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If WR was a need when we had Smith, Lafell, Hixon, and Ginn what would you call it now? Is there a #1 Wr left in FA or in the draft at 28?

This year can't be compared to last year because we had player like Smitty and Gross that bought us time. We don't have that luxury this year.

I'm asking you, not trying to be a smart ass or anything. Is there a WR that you see in FA or in the draft that can be a #1? Yes we have a good core of players, but the offense is a mess. In Cam's 4th year how much longer can you surround him with band aids?

 

Did you really wanna go into another season with LaFell and Hixon?

 

Ginn made some good plays last season, but also made enough bad ones that you could justify not throwing the kind of money at him that Arizona did.

 

As to the free agent crop, if you look back on earlier threads you'll find I never did believe there was a number one available.  I was willing to roll with Nicks if Gettleman was, but he wasn't, and who would know better than him?

 

I've always expected our number one to come from the Draft, and twos and threes you can find in free agency and later rounds. yeah we have needs, but pretty much every expert says the draft is deep right where all our needs are, so...cool.

 

Smitty?  I was expecting him to take a reduced role anyway.  Losing him the way we did sucks, but these things happen in the NFL.  Yes, it is a business. 

 

Losing Gross hurts too, but again these things happen,  You just gotta deal with it.

 

Will we have another winning season?  Derned if I know.  What i do know is that the people in charge took us from 15 million over the cap with needs to fill to a division championship without signing a single big name player.  So I know it can be done.

 

With that in mind, I'm ready to sit back and see what happens next.

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