saroos":2ueld3nf said:
Does anyone think we should skip Wilson's contract and extend Bobby's contract first. I think we end up tagging Wilson. I for one don't want to risk losing Wagner with no extension signed and no tag available because of Wilson using it. I for one don't want to lose Wags. What does everyone else think.
The Philadeliphia Eagles had the best defense in the NFL history from 1988 - 1994 (Not all their seasons were rank #1 defense), one thing that comes to mind, the salary cap didn't begin until 1994. So they were able to load up pretty good defensive players, in this era you have to balance things out.
What' I've notice on there is that from that time they relied on the defense and did ok with Randall Cunningham. With a really good defense and Randall Cunningham they will get you to the Wildcard game, but most often than not will lose that 1st game up until 2000.
2000 started with Donovan Mcnab and a top 10 defense and guess what, they actually made it past the wildcard games and divisional games, they made one trip to the Superbowl which they lost to the 2004 patriots.
The difference was the QB, the Defense could win you 10-11 games, but if you want to get home field and at least make the divisional round, you need a QB to win you 2-3 more games.
This is why I think with Wilson and a Top 10 defense we will still be good. As history has shown more often than not if you have an ok QB you might lose the Wildcard round, but a great QB and good defense you can at least get closer to the SB.