ivotuk
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pehawk":3h5pwdrj said:A few months ago there was an interesting article about Pete's defensive and roster philosophies. Long and short of it; its his belief that to succeed he needs around 15 starters on defense. That means he allots dollars and uses draft capitol to meet that requirement.
So, by default, wont a Pete Carroll team always be slightly "deficient" on offense? Isn't it Pete's sole principle to spend money's on the Williams, McDaniels, Bennett' and Avrils? Use the draft picks to build defensive depth over offensive depth? Pete's built depth in on his defense by drafting Hill, Lane, Simon etc. When it comes to the offensive line, Cable gets one guy a year, and the rest is filled out scraping the barrel. Also, it sure seems like for every OL guy picked, there's at least one DL guy selected and another two DL brought in via FA. Doesn't that tell us something?
More importantly, isn't that working? I mean, the opposite would be GB, right? Does GB scare you away from Lambeau? No, they don't, because they spend their resources on offense.
I'm kind of rambling, but I guess the point is under Pete the offense will always kind of be rookie contract and cast off types. Offense is literally secondary to what he's trying to accomplish overall. So, we're kind of bitching about a mans proven record of winning games and building a program.
But he has allotted picks and money to the offensive line and wide receivers.
Russell Okung #6 overall
(prior to Carroll) Unger 2nd round pick, resigned early by John and Pete for good money
James Carpenter 1st round pick
Justin Britt 2nd round pick
Robert Gallery big money
Zach Miller, huge contract.
Percy Harvin 1st and 3rd and lots of cap space
Sidney Rice, huge contract
Golden Tate, 2nd round pick
Christine Michael, 2nd round pick
Marshawn Lynch, Robbed the Bills blind!
Robert Turbin 4th round pick
Flew Brandon Marshall in to Seattle...