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Not quite sure what to make of TW's response, but going with what I think Terranimal was asking.....
Try to catch a Clemson game. Three of their DL, Ferrell, Wilkins and Lawrence could be first rounders. Not convinced of the 4th, Bryant (he just doesn't create plays on his own). Like Burns from Florida State, a little skinny, but very quick and he's supposed to have high football IQ. Two Miami players also caught my eye- Joe Jackson DE and Quatermaine LB. 'Bama has a kid I like also, Mack Wilson, OLB. Pretty Edge oriented, but that's were I think we need to go in the draft. Rashan Gary from Michigan seems to be a Pettine type DL.
College has been a lot more fun to watch than the NFL this year.
Not quite sure what to make of TW's response, but going with what I think Terranimal was asking.....
Wel l that’s the nature of the NFL. Unless you get a QB or other pick on a 5th year option that it. And then you have a team like LA who has that luxury and committed to spend on defense.I was indicating that it takes two to three years for the results of a singular draft to start showing results. By the time that starts to happen, there are new weak spots on the team. You can end up constantly trying to patch holes without gaining ground because guys leave, or end up failing.
When you're patching holes, you're playing to stay at the top rung of mediocrity because the top cant be reached without some miraculous event where all your key players stay healthy and you don't need to bank too much on reserves.
My belief, when you are at that point, you'd be better off tearing the whole roster down and rebuilding from scratch. When you saddle yourself with a contract that's huge - Rodgers as an example - you've pretty much committed yourself to patching holes, and hoping he's good enough to make it work.
Teams that can't compete for championships are fodder for those that can. For over two decades the Packers were fodder. To those of us who lived through those horrible years, the lack of movement by the front office resembles the Packers of those days. They raked in the money, had black ink, and that was all that mattered.
Until Harlan, Wolf, and Holmgren came along, the BOD was happy to just maintain the status quo. But, the profits were slipping, and things had to be done to maintain respectability. They invested in assistants in the front office, and on the sidelines, and all facets of the business and game to create a "new era," where failure to reach at least being a championship challenger was a lost season.
Since most of us who lived through that era and supported the team seem to be of less importance to the organization, and as a voice as to what they do, we may be doomed to history repeating itself.