Anybody watching Carolina thoroughly destroy Arizona tonight? Now that's a well put together football team. A nice mixture of youth and veterans. Athleticism all over the field. A defensive scheme that is actually well executed, and an offense that is geared towards the strengths of its players.
We would be getting thoroughly thrashed right now too, and anybody that thinks otherwise is really foolish.
Originally Posted by: DakotaT
Yes a nice mix of vets and young guys, whose quality stud core is HOME GROWN just like Green Bay. Except for trade for TE Olsen [3rd rounder from Bears] all the non-home grown vets are just guys that had to be signed because of draft failures. They’re not frugal with their pics, had only had 16 picks in the last 3 years.
They had to use free agency to get Oher at OT because they traded up to #19 to get a bust at OT Jeff Otah [Giving up a 1st, 2nd and 4th that would have netted Eric Wood, Calais Campbell and Mike McGlynn-2 pro-bowlers and decent guy]. Then they had another opportunity in 2013; but at 108 they drafted OT Kuqubila. On the very next pick Ted Thompson drafted David Baktieri at 109!!! If they hit on Bulaga and Baktieri they would not have needed to sign Oher.
DE Frank Alexander goes down. Would they have traded for Allen if they had draft success with Ealy [2nd], and/or 3rd rounders McClain and Fua or kept their own FA in Greg Hardy?
Would they have signed Tilman (CB) in free agency and picked up Finnegan (CB) and McClain (CB) [who they originally drafted] off the scrap heap if they had successfully D&D’d Tramon Williams, Hayward, Shields, Hyde, Goodson, Randall and Rollins? Would they have signed Harper and Coleman in Free agency if they hit on Burnett and Dix?
Would they have signed Ginn, Cotchery if they didn’t bust out on Joe Adams, Pilaris, Aremti Edwards and or resigned their own (LaFelll)?
You’re castigating Ted Thompson for being a better draft and develop guy that the Carolina front office. And of course we are easily better than Carolina if Rodgers, not Sanchez, is playing QB for us.
So what’s the problem?