Wenhawk":1xxvub77 said:
I'm only going to consider the current front office.
Trade for Harvin
Trade for Graham
2nd Extension for Kam
2nd Extension for Bennett
Signing Cary Williams
Cutting Benson Mayowa
Cutting Spencer Ware
Not resigning Golden Tate
Not resigning James Carpenter
Not cutting Walsh
Not cutting/firing Cable or Bevell
The trade for Harvin wasn't necessarily a bad trade, it's just how he was implemented, i.e. Bevell. He still had world class speed but was a mental case off the field. A good Offensive Coordinator would have been able to max his potential on option plays and wheel routes.
I think the second extension of Kam is a perfect reason why you don't ever sign aging vets to contracts, no matter what they've done for the team.
You also need to include the signing of Lacy/Walsh as a package deal here, two super-underwhelming players that gave no indication that they would perform at even an average level before they got here. Thought it was stupid the day it happened, I literally questioned what Pete was doing with the team.
Getting rid of Red and Mebane was the end of our run dominance at the line as well, although Wagner has made up for a lot of that.
The worst out of all of these was the 2nd Kam signing because we have dead money on the books for a few years now, and a substantial amount at that.
The Walsh/Lacy signings were bad for this year but don't really have long-term effects, unless you want to be thankful Walsh missed that last click to have us finishing at 9-7.