Ted trying for Lynch and not getting him because he didn't try hard enough are two different things. Wouldn't give enough for Randy Moss. Some paperwork issue on Tony Gonzalez. Ted is the almost GM just like his team. Don't you see that? His conservative ways often screw us.
Do you think Ron Wolf would've gotten Lynch and Moss done? I do.
Ted got Christine Michael this year. He tried. That's good. Had more need at CB and did diddly. Promotes Herb Waters at DB... Then, promotes Max McCaffery at WR when we're short there? Dollar store almost every time. Not a winner mentality. Who could defend it?
We are not NE because our brass doesn't think like they do. They're not content not winning. We are and it starts with Murphy and Thompson. Two shoot low types that have Stockholm syndromed some once passionate fans to just go along for the ride.
Expect more and stop the excuses.
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."