joeseahawks":3aykurxv said:
"This is a young man's game" - said M Bennett.
The RAMS, which trashed us are just entering their prime. The 49ers are loaded with high picks from last year trade and a QB who is on the rise.
Which leaves us vs the cards. The cards just beat us at home in a must win game for us.
A good thing is, Bruce just retired. This leaves them with more question mark than us.
Last year, we tried to trade Sherman. Anyone believes it will be any different this year? Earl has already indicated he is willing to play somewhere else. With all honesty, I don't see how this defense (that has kept us into games) returns.
Maybe I'm just too pessimistic. But, I would blow up this team and start over. This group has run its course.
We need some positional changes and youth, but I think "blow this team up" is a big stretch. We have 3 good OL players, so once cable is out (fingers crossed) we really just need to address 2 positions there. I think Cable has honestly been the biggest problem with our line. He has had a few years now to design and pick his players via draft, and this year spent a bunch of money as well and still couldnt do anything with it. We have good receivers in baldwin and darboh, but I think Jimmy gets traded. We need to look at our TE position and bring in some fresh blood. Willson is cheap and servicable, but need a better blocking TE.
With carson and Davis, if we even mildly fix the OL scheme, we should be able to have at least an average running game. I think we draft one this year and maybe bring in a few udfa's for competition. Rawls has become a head case cmike style, he is gone or practice squadded.
Defensive turnover is really dependent on what kind of trade offers we receive for our high priced guys. We cant afford to just cut them because it will still be too big of a cap hit and wouldnt leave us enough to replace them. They either get traded or run out their current contracts. I like our new guys at CB and safety positions, and wil malik, clark, naz we have younger guys already for next year that should be pretty good.
Long winded, but just wanted to point out specifics as to why a "blow the team up" approach isn't really needed. I do agree though that all asst and positional coaches should be looked at very closely as I think this is our biggest weakness.