Exactly lol. I 100 % agree.
This is why I have not really talked about FA too much.
I knew I was a Debbie downer right now. So I have tried my best to be fake cheerleader haha.
But I trust McDaniels. He's a lot smarter than me and knows what he's looking for.
So if him and Grier think these Singings get us there, I am willing to stick by them.
I really hope I'm wrong. I will love to be on this board in 9 months claiming how wrong I was.
But last season I was called chicken little and other things because I expressed similar concerns with the O line and WR unit. Unfortunately I wasn't wrong.
But, we shall see. Hopefully I am wrong.
You never know. We could sign Armstead and trade for Metcalf or Adam's and I will be tickled pink lol.
As nappy roots roots was eluding to .... there are plenty of tackles available. I just don't see how we have the cap to significantly upgrade anymore
I'll try to provide another perspective that might make you feel better about our WR unit:
Last year we went into the season like this:
WR1 - Parker
WR2 - Fuller
WR3 - Waddle
WR4 - A. Wilson
WR5/6 - Williams/Bowden/Hurns/Hollins
Parker had 40 catches for 515yds - we still have him
Fuller had 4 catches for 26yds - we'll replace him in the draft most likely
Waddle had 104 catches for 1015yds - we still have him
A. WIlson had 25 catches for 213 yds - we replaced him with Cedrick Wilson
WR5/6 group had 20 catches for 294 yds collectively - we still have Bowden and Williams as of now
Based on this,
if the rookie we get instead of Fuller and the new Wilson can produce more than 29 catches for 239 yards combined, we upgraded - and closed the gap. I'd think it's more than likely that the new acquisitions are going to smash that target by adding an extra 600-800 yds.
You could argue that getting Cooper + a rookie, and pushing Parker into WR4 would've accomplished something even better, but at what cost? Who do you lose to make room for Cooper?
We'll never know which one is the better route to choose, but it is objectively true that we're upgrading our receiver group significantly.
Similarly, we upgraded our OL by adding a quality guard - and a couple of quality coaches!!! - without losing anyone (and I doubt we're done with that group). We're likely to upgrade our Defense by drafting an ILB without losing anyone. We've upgraded our backup QB without having to pay that much more. (Worth noting that QB2 has started a lot of games for Miami in recent years, so it feels like a sensible move.) We upgraded Gaskin with a better back.
We improved everywhere. As far as talent goes, our roster is at least 1-2 wins better than it was last year in my opinion, and I'll probably add another 1-2 by the time the offseason is over. It's up to McD to get that out of them, but I can't fault Grier for what he's doing, especially since we haven't screwed up our future by throwing away draft picks or restructuring contracts either.
We can disagree whether this is the right plan or not (which is something we'll never know of course), but they are executing it to perfection so far, and it makes sense to me.
