Originally posted by relive1972
Wannstedt, Spielman, and Norv all identified LT as the biggest need for this team this season. They all said Dixon needed to return to LG, and told him he would, to get him to re-sign. They blew it on Gandy, and came away from the draft with a prospect they HOPE can compete for a back-up spot behind Dixon. And now with June 1 fast approacing, they've already announced their FA shopping is pretty much done. What's going to happen when Dixon gets banged up at the end of the season, like he usually does, and the OL can't stop a 3-man rush like last season?
They also identified WR as an area that needed improvement. So far, it looks like Chambers and McKnight again, the same 2 who couldn't get open in that last drive of the Pats' game. Thompson and Tolver may turn out to be good acquisitions, but will one of them be good enough to start beside Chambers? That's what we really needed, not yet another WR with potential. Norv's offense rarely uses more than a 2 WR set. We need proven veteran starters at WR. Boston would have been a good pick-up, but wasn't even considered. I don't know about you, but I've seen enough of McKnight's drops the last 2 years to know I can't count on him. If Thompson or Tolver can prove to be worthy of the other starting spot, then great, but let's see what they do with pads on first.