We’re still two really good drafts away (at least) from retooling this roster, to be a year in, year out contender for our division. Draft the LOT and C this year if the stars align and we don’t reach. Starting two rookies on the OL will be ugly this upcoming season but it has to be done to balance out the huge misallocation of cap to the OL. We’ll just have to fill in the other needs with cap friendly FA’s while we rebuild longer term through the draft.
I’m still curious about the relationship (was then/is now) between Caldwell and Reich. Will Reich take a phone call from Caldwell today? Did Caldwell receive an X-mas card from Reich? Do the fingerprints on the knife in Reich’s back match Caldwell’s?
I remember when Tepper made that analogy, extolling the virtues of the wee super processor. It should be made into a sign and hung around his neck whenever he ventures out in public. Huddlers can follow behind and shout, ‘Shame!, Shame!, Shame!’.
Reminds me of turnaround specialists hired for dysfunctional companies. They’re hired to come in and make the hard decisions that boards and previous management could not bring themselves to make, and then are ‘fired’ after a year or two when the work is essentially complete. However, in this case, I don’t think Pete’s old magic is working on the Raiders organization.