Let's play "I could be a better GM than Scott Fitterer"

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

If the Bears can't trade with the Texans or Colts then they likely take Anderson at #1. So Either Young/Stroud is left at 3 or AR is there as a fallback.  Both the Texans and Colts balked at moving up with the Bears because they wanted a player back on top of the picks. 

Either way you play power run with foreman and Hubbard with play action to protect the QB til you can fix everything else. 

1. The line is better suited for power run instead of the zone currently being ran in carolina. 

2. The qb actually has a #1 wr to throw to with DJ and a #2 with AT. "I wouldn't change picking up AT, he's a nice #2 for a young qb." Probably wouldn't change picking up Hurst either. 

3. Team is down less picks plus still has its top WR and still has a young rookie QB to excite the fan base. 

4. It allows the team to transition with said rookie qb and the offensive style protects the qb and leans on the defense.  

Open up the playbook in year 2 after fixing other areas of the team and put more on the qb's plate gradually. 

There's a lot of "what if" in this scenario.

Granted, that's kind of the nature of the topic, but still...

[mrcompletely11]

31 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Highly doubt you'd have gotten Stroud at third overall.

Young and Stroud we're always going to go 1 and 2. It was just a matter of who they went to.

Richardson's already on IR.

I highly doubt you have gotten Rodgers at third overall

 

point being you have no clue until the draft starts about what teams think of players, every year someone falls

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I highly doubt you have gotten Rodgers at third overall

point being you have no clue until the draft starts about what teams think of players, every year someone falls

This year wasn't one of those years for  anybody but Will Levis.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

This year wasn't one of those years for  anybody but Will Levis.

sure, its easy to say that now when we took young #1 overall.  THere is easily a scenario where he drops like a rock

[Waldo]

The hardest part of his job for me would not be telling Tepper to shut up and sit down if he is going to hover near operations. I would absolutely be fired for saying no.

Edited October 12, 2023 by Waldo

[Cuttinedge]

Drafting a long snapper instead of the guard KC took  
If I’m gonna take a flyer in the late rounds  it will be on someone with potential that could actually help the team if he works out health wise 

[Jay Roosevelt]

Not signing any OL depth in free agency.

[Ted Ginn Jr.'s Hands]

The canary in the coal mine for me was extending robbie anderson

[CPcavedweller]

3 hours ago, NAS said:

Let's play a fun game, which move did you look at and say "I could honestly be a better GM than Scott Fitterer".

Rules of the game:

1.  has to be something other than "not drafting Bryce Young"

2. Only list your top answer

3. It can be any move, free agency or the NFL draft

At least when it comes to the NFL draft, I think it was just common sense not to draft a DJ Johnson in the 3rd round let alone trade up for him.  I think I screamed at the TV when it happened.  Supporting evidence of the bust below:

https://x.com/KeepBlitzin/status/1712162476014358876?s=20

https://x.com/WestsideFetti/status/1712176476223594870?s=20

What's yours?

 

Say it with me: Tepper, is the problem. He wants to be Jerry Jones without the potential backlash so he doesn't give himself the GM title. He never should've been at Pro Days. He never should've been meeting with players at the Pro Days. He should've stayed home and let Fitterer and Co. do their job. 

If I was a better GM than Fitterer, I'd quit and go back to Seattle before Tepper completely ruined my career. 

[jimfear]

Sticking with @NAS request to only list 1 and focusing on things that happened post-Rhule:

1. Signing Miles Sanders.

D'onta Foreman and Chuba demonstrated our ability to establish a great run game without paying a premium, which aligns with the trend around the league. I thought that getting rid of CMCs contract would give the team flexibility to sign more quality players across the roster instead of investing money at the RB position. Instead, Fitty signs Sanders, who benefited from a mobile QB and great OL in Philly, to a 4-year deal at $6.35 per year (would be #8 average RB salary this year per https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/average/running-back/ ) with a dead cap hit of $11M. Sanders has been horrible, and his fumbles have changed momentum in the ATL and DET games.

[demcj]

i would have traded brian burns. even if i made exactly the same moves he did up to that point, that trade alone wipes the slate clean and allows me to redirect.

not sure what went on behind the scenes, but signing d'onta foreman would have been a top priority for me. last seasons second half run game should have been built upon. if you knew you were going to draft a rookie qb, a stout run game is paramount.

it may not have been his call, but as GM i would have been screaming to keep steve wilks. what we saw the second half of last season is exactly what you want to build on.  

[CarolinaNCSU]

Needs to be included in the list of terrible but trading for CJ Henderson, especially with college coaches over their head in charge, pisses me off at least 3-4 times every Sunday. 

Used to like Fitt, but whew the list of bad moves is getting real long. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

Thinking we’re a qb away and than proceeding to trade the last offensive weapon for said qb 

[mickeye76]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

My answer to this is pretty simple...

I couldn't.

Hell, I doubt I could be a better GM than Marty Hurney and most Huddlers probably know how I feel about him.

Even the personnel people who might be bad if their job still have tons more resources, training and experience than I'll ever have.

I get the game (basically all hindsight, mind you) but that's my answer.

Hindsight isn't 20/20 as the saying goes but it's easier than foresight. 

That said if I was GM I wouldn't had chased relevance with all the retread QB's.  No TB, no Baker, No Cam reunion tour, and No Sam.  Instead I would have bit the bullet and committed to a rebuild using all the draft capitol.  Added a developmental QB other than Corrall and called it a day. Heinke, the XFL wonder, etc would have either produced a top 5 pick or some surprise wins. My overall draft strategy would be mid round RB's, several CB's, Linebackers that fit a 4-3, fast small school WR's and lots of Olinemen.  Oh and I would slap Rhule in his fat jowls.