they don’t have a vision is more likely. The first thing you need to do when building a team is to build the team that can beat your biggest competitor for the division. We haven’t done that. Buffalo is a physical team from the QB on down. We're not physical at all. This team is built on speed only so when we play the physical teams we get beat up front and that neglects our speed. Till you build a physical team that can actually compete with the Bills then Buffalo will continue to win the division and we'll be hoping for a wildcard and a first round loss in the playoffs if we actually get in which this year we didn’t
Chris Grier doesn't have a vision. He never has. He's a follower, not a leader as a GM. That's always been my biggest issue with him.
- He doesn't have a vision/blueprint for what he wants this franchise to be. For that, he relies on his HC hires instead of hiring coaches that fit what him and Ross want this organization to be.
- After bad hires, his over-reliance on the HC to dictate vision means there's no checks/balances come FA and draft time, so bad decisions are made on those fronts.
- When that coach fails, the next hire is the complete OPPOSITE of the previous coach...Gase to Flores to McD. The roster doesn't fit whatsoever, so after a few seasons of guys being bad scheme fits or playing next to one another with skillsets that don't mesh and failing as a team, that coach is fired and a new scheme comes in, meaning new players.
- Grier decided to double down and make it worse by keeping Boyer with McD, then firing him for Fangio, then cutting him loose for Weaver.....all different.
I could go through questionable draft pick after questionable draft pick but it makes no sense to get into the specific names bc others have done it here for me. But over-drafting guys at positions he neglected. Being awful at drafting OL. Seemingly being all over the place with positional value vs talent/BPA, one year seemingly drafting for now like you're making a SB push and the very next drafting for the future like it's a soft rebuild. Sometimes i wonder how much tape he watches, or does he simply rely on his scouts and friends in the business like Saban that he calls for advice on players.
Has Grier done some good? Yes. But not enough to offset the mediocrity overall. The Tunsil trade was amazing but he ruined that draft capital and gave up way too many picks to trade up for bad players. Some great cheap FA signings or creatively structured contracts offset but a ton of bad extensions. Again, just all over the place with vision and value for these players/positions...and a cap reckoning coming with all void years he's given recently.
I want the next GM to have a true vision. We all have differing ideas on how to build a roster and how to draft, and it's unrealistic to think we'll always agree....but i respect those who are strong in their beliefs, have the logic to justify it and are willing to put in the work and put their rep on the line for it...celebrating the successes and admitting the failures, not deflecting. That's what i want out of the next guy.
