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Originally Posted by scott free
I'm probably somewhere between you and the others, while I FULLY acknowledge that building your core through the draft is the only way to create and sustain long term success... I honestly felt that this year was the year to add just TWO real pieces, I genuinely think that two solid pieces at FS and WR could've propelled us deep into the playoffs.
As I've said many times over in the past... don't mortgage the future to get those two pieces, they didn't have to be PREMIER guys like Byrd etc. But I remain convinced that some easily doable cap finagling could've gotten those two, second tier pieces without putting us in cap hell for the next 5 years.
Dorsey has pretty much went the exact opposite of where I thought he would... what I took from last year, is that we have a team that's THIS close to making real noise, so lets get a couple bigger pieces to help us go over the top.
But the tack they seem to have taken is... instead of adding in a couple of really strong support beams for the wall, lets just kinda fill in little chinks here and there on the cheap. In short, I wanted two starters and then fill in the cracks with the draft... Dorsey has decided to find two starters AND fill in the cracks through the draft and bargain free agents (and precious few of even these).
I'm by NO means ready to fly any banners, the NINE game swing last year still gives me a chub to think about it, BUT if he wants to double down on his injured second year guys and bargain bin fill ins to make up ground on Denver... then he damn well better be right.
If we get blown out left and right next year (our schedule is brutal), I'll join the usual negative naybobs here with lusty boo's of my own.
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First off great post and I am with you on most of it.
Last off season was merely about stopping the bleeding, righting the ship, and getting some respectability back in KC. In order for them to do that they stepped out of what they would normally do in order to have a foundation that they wanted to start from. They needed a QB and they got the one they wanted that was the best choice available too. But Dorsey has said trading multiple picks was something he would never do again. So he stepped out of his norm just to have a solid place to start from.
It just so happens that the team did great. I am sure better than they expected by a decent margin which again is great and all but the streak was against lesser opponents or opponents that had extenuating circumstances when we played them. Not saying we didn't have some decent games during that stretch. None the less it is an apparition that will not be counted on when honestly viewing the overall team.
I am glad we didn't sign Byrd or DeSean to some huge contracts. I believe we could have but I don't think we, like any other team, are going to spend almost 20 mil a year on 2 WRs or 15 mil a year on the safety position. So Bowe would have to be cut or traded next off season which just creates a loss of return on those funds. i.e. we are getting to the SB this next year. Same kind of thing for Berry. I believe we are further than a FS and a WR upgrade from the SB, maybe not a playoff win but that is questionable and for sure not the goal.
If things don't work out this year and we are a .500 football team I will be rational and realize what has really been going on, the team overachieved against weaker opponents. This team aside from a few players was pretty darn bad.
I sure don't want to try and "keep pace" with the donkos either. They are likely going to be very mediocre after next season when Manning retires. I don't want to be in cap hell and trying to retool while the donks are rebuilding. Their time is almost over.
I think that Reid and Dorsey are here for the foreseeable future unless we have a couple of seasons in a row that are bad.