Hate to break it to you texas, but you were not the one to shine a light on Ted Thompson's failings in acquiring talent to adequately fill our roster holes. We've been talking about this for years…
However, as GM he certainly shares a giant portion of the blame for not addressing our safety needs for 3 years, our pass rush needs opposite Matthews for 3 years, and our DL deficiencies since the loss of Cullen Jenkins, another player he has never been able to replace. Any DC would struggle with the gapping holes that have been left open on this defense since 2010 and 2011.
He has tried, the "Ted Way," and failed, again. Bargain basement FAs aren't doing it, and his drafts have their hits, but far too many misses. Not drafting a S or signing one in FA, or making a trade for one last year was preposterous. Unbelievable. He could have traded for Jairus Byrd after he saw how bad we were there early this year, and we might still be in the playoffs… BUF was open to trade at the time. I cannot believe what poor shape he left us in at the position this season.
Add to that, 2 R1s and an R2 to help our pass rush opposite Matthews has us looking, again, for more pass rush. Perry, Datone and Worthy have a lot of proving to do. None of them made an immediate impact. Datone did some good things, but was underutilized. Capers has to share some of the blame there, but, so does Ted, and Mike McCarthy allowed this to happen. It's not as cut and dried as one guy carrying the blame for this hot mess.
Originally Posted by: play2win