When Has This Much Turnover Ever Resulted In a Successful Season?

[intangiblejohnny]

Put the bottle down, we still have our stud front 7 in tact, and on offense, we have one of the best young QB's in the league. We're still in better shape than Dallas, or even the Saints really who have a ton of cap issues and only made it worse by signing Jairus Byrd. So, let it play out. I'm bummed about losing Smitty, and still think Greg Hardy wasn't truly worth the franchise, but this is what we have and I think we can be as good next year as this.

It's not just about Smitty. It's about Mitchell, Senn, Ginn, and whoever comes next. In addition to the fact that we have very little offensive talent while Gettlemen seems to be getting rid of what talent we do have.

It's a bad look for the organization when players jump ship as fast as they can.

[Carl Spackler]

Relax guys, it's just the preseason

[Ja Rhule]

Ohhhh no, one of the worst offenses last year got purged! Wtf r we thinking?

[intangiblejohnny]

I'm clearly making a mockery of people who are blindly following him.

Lol, sorry about the friendly fire, man.

[Panthro]

Ohhhh no, one of the worst offenses last year got purged! Wtf r we thinking?

 

i see this as

 

well we cant get any worse

[intangiblejohnny]

Are people forgetting about our defense? And the draft? And the fact that there's still hundreds of free agents out there? Our offense was ranked 28th last season....it wasn't great to begin with

So instead of letting Shula go, we get rid of the players that did make a difference?

[Sloth]

I just hope we're being thorough and sending people over to cockpunch Newton at least once a say.

[Darth Biscuit]

Those OL guys retiring is just part of the game...  could an argument be made that they picked this year for a reason?  Maybe...

 

I don't understand what's going on with WR, but I'm hoping there is a plan... I know Gman has one, I just can't figure out what it is...

 

Defense is fine... minus Mitchell and another decent CB, we should have a very solid D again.

[Proudiddy]

Quit propagating this slanderous propaganda that we've lost the core of our team. It's disrespectful to the actual core of this team.

 

Lol...  quit overreacting and embellishing.  I did not say we lost our core, nor would I.  But, as many wise men in football have said, it's not your superstars that make up the whole of your team, it's the other 53 guys, and that's where we are going horribly wrong.

[neverlosethefeeling]

This thread perfectly illustrates the shortcomings of inductive reasoning.

[intangiblejohnny]

Ohhhh no, one of the worst offenses last year got purged! Wtf r we thinking?

You realize that an average receiver takes 1-2 years in the NFL to make a significant impact, don't you? We could get lucky and get one that is ready right out of the gate but that is unlikely.

I'm sure you also realize that it take time for an o line to gel and learn to work efficiently together.

Don't forget that our ball control offense played a large part in the 28th ranking.

[Lemory]

Its way to early to be calling this offseason a failure. We are 2 days into free agency. When was the last time that a big name free agent that signed for millions of dollars worked out? I'm sure there are some but there are way more that sign these big contracts then get released two years later. We still have the draft ahead of us, as well as the entire fuging offseason. You see what the Buc's are doing. Every year they sign these free agents to massive contracts and have it blow up in their face. Just because we havent signed anyone yet does not mean we're not going to.

[intangiblejohnny]

This thread perfectly illustrates the shortcomings of inductive reasoning.

How so?

[Proudiddy]

Put the bottle down, we still have our stud front 7 in tact, and on offense, we have one of the best young QB's in the league.  We're still in better shape than Dallas, or even the Saints really who have a ton of cap issues and only made it worse by signing Jairus Byrd.  So, let it play out.  I'm bummed about losing Smitty, and still think Greg Hardy wasn't truly worth the franchise, but this is what we have and I think we can be as good next year as this.

I'm as sober as they come buddy...  Maybe I should be picking a bottle up, lol. 

 

But seriously, the front seven is all fine and good.  The problem is that we got worse on the side of the ball that struggled last season. 

 

The game starts in the trenches and works its way out.  Offensively, we are in shambles on the line and we were already lacking playmakers.  Idk if you saw the quote from Smitty's agent about that as well, but he said Smitty volunteered to take a reduced role and play as a slot but we lacked the other playmakers to allow that to happen so he ended up carrying the load again in a methodical, slow-play, conservative offense.

 

That is an awful lot to replace in one season and hope that every guy you sign or draft can contribute at that same level of the guy he is replacing immediately.