Let me put it a way that won't get me in trouble...again... If you disagree, then open a dialogue and make points. Instead you entered the conversation with an insult and how I make you look like a "football Hawking" with no valid argument in that post. THAT is what exacerbated our POVs. Not your opinion vs mine. Yeah it's cool if you come at me hard, but know that that is where the conversation is quickly going to turn ugly. I'm going to counter in my own extreme way. We could have done it another way, each said our peace, agreed to disagree. And ended with a "gee Francis, I hope your right, but for now I'm a skeptic."
First of all, the insulting you give to me and I give to you, is playful and always has been (or so i thought). If you don't feel that way any longer than I'll stop. Secondly, you didn't provide any reasoning. You simply said: There's no reasoning in that. There's not even sound concern in that, considering not only that Odrick & Misi aren't bad but we just got done signing a **** ton of difference makers. In reality, whether you meant to or not, the lack of anything substantive or even accurate in your post, means its not a stretch to read it as antagonistic. In fact, its easily the type of post a Dolphin's fan would make on Jets board or vice versa, to start some bickering.
Well, because my original thought was that i don't think we are definitely good enough as a team to have some fun or do as we pleased come draft time(as the thread title lends). I don't trust that we are that good enough yet. And trading down at the expense of plugging in a real difference maker is not what "I think" the team needs. Plus, it has proved to not work out so well in recent history. And from there, things take a turn for the worse and insults lead to agendas and pissing contests slightly off topic.
I don't take offense to it. But in a playful way, you ARE saying my opinion is stupid. You're getting a dig in, and that's fine. But I'm gonna get after it too then. So don't complain im a negative nancy or whatever, when we both just want to win, and its all about opinion. Was that my most thoughtful post? No. But valid. Especially with a very tumultuous track record with late first, early second rounders. I say, why do it when the 12 spot will get you a very strong shot at a stud. And we need that right now IMO. Truth is, we made signings i liked, but some of those spots they replaced had pretty solid years. Dansby and Burnett played very well for much of 12', unlike 11'. Grimes has to be a medical miracle otherwise we "may" be weaker than we were in 10' at corner. O line is weaker. RB is weaker. And I wouldn't bet on Wallace being a better target than Marshall. I hope so though. So again, after so many bad seasons, I need to see these FA's and team gel and produce. And thus, I want to get a sure fire difference maker or as close as possible to it, come draft day. And honestly, I didn't have the time to say all this originally. But I wanted to take a quick stance. Tell me you've never done this?
Getting back on topic. I don't see adding play makers as a luxury. I think the best teams have an abundance of play makers and that is what makes them the best teams. I believe you improve your team far more significantly by adding great players than you do by trying to fill holes at less impactful positions. I don't believe that the axiom of only being as strong as your weakest link applies to football. Reality is that every team has holes. Every team has weak links. The ones that succeed are the ones that have the greatest strengths.
