who's to say that ricky would've resigned with us anyway? dude wanted out, and had no problems about burning bridges on his way out the door. also in the past ricky made it be known he wouldn't be here without ronnie.
If that is true, it only underlines why the whole "ground and pound" and "build from the inside out" is a bunch of hogwash. It is completely foolish to draft cornfeds instead of QBs if you don't already have a franchise QB. It's also compelely foolish to draft RBs if you don't already have a franchise QB. It's EVEN MORE foolish to surrender multiple 1st rounders when you don't already have a QB. To draft a runner who wasn't even the #1 option on his college team in place of a promising young QB(who btw, won SuperBowl MVP honors and will probably win many more before he hangs it up) is the ultimate embarrassment.
We just let about 2 1st rounders in Ricky walk, and the #2 overall pick in Ronnie walk. That's 3 1st rounders, and here's the best part: We still don't have a dominant rushing attack, an offensive line that now has THREE 1st round picks on it but isn't even in the top5 overall. And last but not least, we still don't have a legitimate starting QB. The homers who parrot these ground and pound buffoons are always quick to point how important it is to get that running game and lines first, and where has this gotten us? We just let them go for nothing.
The sooner we get rid of these "safe pick" idiots who are stuck in the 1980s the better. Welcome to 2011 Football.