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Team rebuild formula ver. Who got it right?

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I would prefer to follow Tampa's formula of rebuild. They were also in an extremely similar situation to ours.

Get your QB; His first year will be a down year/ learning year = high pick next year

Get the best DT available. Since DT isn't a huge impact position you can have success the following year while your DT develops into a monster.

Who do you think did it right in a similar situation?

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You'll all think I'm crazy, but the Lions.

Yes, the Lions... the Detroit Lions, yes.

Their problem has been that the QB they picked hasn't been healthy, but when he has played Stafford has looked very impressive. They've been aggressive in free agency & trades and have hit on a number of really good young players via the draft in Suh, Pettigrew, Louis Delmas, etc.

I see them making a playoff run this year if Stafford is healthy. Considering the extreme lack of talent on that 0-16 team when Jim Schwartz took over he's done a really impressive job overall. We're not nearly as bad off as they were, so I feel like if we take the same approach we could be contenders in 2 years if Cam works out.

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I would prefer to follow Tampa's formula of rebuild. They were also in an extremely similar situation to ours.

Get your QB; His first year will be a down year/ learning year = high pick next year

Get the best DT available. Since DT isn't a huge impact position you can have success the following year while your DT develops into a monster.

Who do you think did it right in a similar situation?

I think dt is a pretty big impact position, the ONLY reason the defense was bad is because of DT

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The Falcons went QB, OL the following year, and DT the year after.

The Falcons went QB, OL, RB and TE in their first year. 3 years later, and their defense is still a work in progress but, I don't think anyone would call their rebuilding anything less than a success.

The Bucs are still very much a work in progress across the board. About the only positions they are settled at are QB, DT and maybe WR. Still to early to judge their model.

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IMO you have to go after the QB, but there has to be one there worth it. (there are none this year)

Take a look at the:

Lions: Stafford

Rams: Bradford

Colts: Manning

Chargers: Rivers/Manning trade

Falcons: Ryan

I think this is the way to go about rebuilding, but only if the right guy is there, i.e. Luck.

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