Poe and GVR to IR, 2 signed

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

It still blows my mind that a group of professional football people sat down this offseason and said to themselves "Well clearly our best option at left tackle is Darryl Williams".

How? Just...how? 

AND having reconstructive knee surgery to boot!  

[Khyber53]

You could field a decent team just from our IR list...

[45catfan]

Hurney to Tepper:  "Since I ditched Matt Kalil, the fans love me and I have a fool-proof plan to replace him.  First, our RT Daryl Williams, you know the one with a blown-out knee...we move him to his unnatural side, that's also our QBs blindside and that should work perfectly.  And,  just in an infinite realm of impossibilities that backfires, we will grab a second round tackle since I've let the whole world know we are taking a edge rusher in the first round.  By the way, somehow I was able to sign Williams to a very economical one-year deal.  Pure luck that other teams weren't throwing  huge multi-year deals his way."     

[Car123]

25 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Hurney to Tepper:  "Since I ditched Matt Kalil, the fans love me and I have a fool-proof plan to replace him.  First, our RT Daryl Williams, you know the one with a blown-out knee...we move him to his unnatural side, that's also our QBs blindside and that should work perfectly.  And,  just in an infinite realm of impossibilities that backfires, we will grab a second round tackle since I've let the whole world know we are taking a edge rusher in the first round.  By the way, somehow I was able to sign Williams to a very economical one-year deal.  Pure luck that other teams weren't throwing  huge multi-year deals his way."     

If we didn't re-sign Williams or draft two LT's posters like you would say we neglected the tackle position in the offseason.

[45catfan]

14 minutes ago, Car123 said:

If we didn't re-sign Williams or draft two LT's posters like you would say we neglected the tackle position in the offseason.

I see your logic, I didn't want to address LT since I didn't like Hurney's moves.  I've already stated I wanted a LT in round one.  I also wanted us to go get someone  ELSE in free agency other than Williams, because I totally saw this blowing up in our face.  I have also said I have no problem with Daley as a backup.  

Hurney had a decent plan, sign a veteran LT and draft one too, but his choice of players is where that plan fell completely apart.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

I see your logic, I didn't want to address LT since I didn't like Hurney's moves.  I've already stated I wanted a LT in round one.  I also wanted us to go get someone  ELSE in free agency other than Williams, because I totally saw this blowing up in our face.  I have also said I have no problem with Daley as a backup.  

Hurney had a decent plan, sign a veteran LT and draft one too, but his choice of players is where that plan fell completely apart.

Having a plan is one thing. The execution of that plan being done poorly is another.

Sign a veteran LT: Good idea

That veteran LT being Darryl Williams: Uuuuhhh...

[Car123]

13 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

I see your logic, I didn't want to address LT since I didn't like Hurney's moves.  I've already stated I wanted a LT in round one.  I also wanted us to go get someone  ELSE in free agency other than Williams, because I totally saw this blowing up in our face.  I have also said I have no problem with Daley as a backup.  

Hurney had a decent plan, sign a veteran LT and draft one too, but his choice of players is where that plan fell completely apart.

There wasn't a good vet LT available for cheap. If we didn't draft Burns, Huddlers would get on the team for not addressing the pass rush while Burns is tearing it up on another team.

[MasterAwesome]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

It still blows my mind that a group of professional football people sat down this offseason and said to themselves "Well clearly our best option at left tackle is Darryl Williams".

How? Just...how? 

I mean...you and everyone else were pounding the table for Moton at LT and he looked arguably worse than Daryl Williams when he played there against GB late in the game. Sometimes “common sense” obvious things to fans are not really borne out in reality.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

I mean...you and everyone else were pounding the table for Moton at LT and he looked arguably worse than Daryl Williams when he played there against GB late in the game. Sometimes “common sense” obvious things to fans are not really borne out in reality.

We've seen very little of Moton at LT, ridiculously one series a few games back where he got pulled after Williams failed at the right.

On the flipside, Little was left in a game where he gave up 2 sacks and a mind boggling 14 pressures.

Ultimate reality is that whatever Rivera tends to decide regarding the OL lineup, it's pretty frequently wrong.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

We should of kept our hands on Cox....

[PootieNunu]

How do we have so many players every season going to IR, what is the medical and training staff even doing?

[raz]

2 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

How do we have so many players every season going to IR, what is the medical and training staff even doing?

ron is fuging with their equipment to save his job.   (not really)

[PootieNunu]

1 minute ago, raz said:

ron is fuging with their equipment to save his job.   (not really)

He is probably happy with their performance though because he can use injuries as an excuse to keep his job like he did last offseason. 

[45catfan]

39 minutes ago, Car123 said:

There wasn't a good vet LT available for cheap. If we didn't draft Burns, Huddlers would get on the team for not addressing the pass rush while Burns is tearing it up on another team.

For one, we weren't that cash strapped and will have plenty more this off season.  Signing a back-loaded deal would have not been an issue.  Secondly, nobody was asking Hurney to go out and give Matt Kalil-type money to a FA.  Thirdly, just about anybody would have been better that Williams.  Really, I can't be the only one that saw this impending implosion occurring?

Okay Burns IS on this team and granted while playing hurt really has not/couldn't have make this defense any better.  Sure our sacks are up and so are points allowed, rush yards allowed, pass yards allowed etc...  For all of Gettleaman's faults, he understood the game is won and lost in the trenches.