We just "bl[e]w the thing up". This constant lack of stabiity and continuity also pose an obstacle to success through requiring a rebuild with every staff change.
Because THill will be the first qb in NFL history to block, throw and catch his own passes? Sorry, but with the deficiencies at WR,TE & OL we may never find out. That is, as long as Mr "we have fours, fives & sixes" is still evaluating talent.
If T-Hill becomes a star QB, everything else will fall into place in the coming years. Look around the league, that's the model. The Pats were awful on defense last year, yet were an Eli Manning drive away from winning a championship. Good QBs hide many faults.
You mean everything else will "magically" fall into place right? So you're saying jeffy will become someone else? Name one team with a "franchise qb" and horrible pass catchers that made the SB recently-forget that. How about ever?
Look around the league. If you have a good QB, you have a shot at the playoffs every year, if not more depending on the quality of guys around him. If you have an elite QB, you have a shot at the SuperBowl every year, even if a good portion of the team is weak round you. It's been this way for a while now. If Tanny is good, we're relevant EVERY year as far as a playoff berth. If he ever becomes elite, well it solves a lot of problems. For an example, look at what happened to the Colts last year when they lost their elite QB. Funny how that works. So, my overall point here is, if at the end of the year, even if we're 3-13 or 4-12, if we all can realistically say that we hit on Tannehill, the rest will fall into place in short order. Now we can debate all day long who should be pulling the trigger as GM going forward, but it will matter a lot less if we have a good-to-great QB on our hands. Funny how Billichick was a disaster at talent evaluation (Look it up) before Brady fell into his lap. Since then, no matter what the talent around Brady, the team as we all know is always relevant, even when the talent around him isn't so great (see '06). Now, when you add some real talent like Gronk around him, you become nearly unstoppable.
Q: Before Brees took over the Saints in '06, had you ever heard of ANY of the Saints receivers? Be honest, you know the answer is NO! Q: Outside of Driver, had you heard of ANY of the Packers receivers before Rodgers put them all into orbit over the last couple years? Good QBs make average receivers good, and good receivers great. If Tannehill is good/great, I think you'll see big jumps in guys like Bess and Hartline, and - hopefully - we'll get more talent at the position in the next couple years. Also, take a look at Brady's '06 receiving corp. Not exactly pro-bowl caliber.
I jumped a couple days ago, but made it. In the process of climbing back upstairs to try gain once the season starts. I'll let you know once I get back on the ledge.
TBH, I don't like any of the answers. Closest to the last one but I don't agree with the "season doesn't matter" part. Every season matters no matter how "bad" you are.
I don't think it's that the season doesn't matter, it's just - at the end of the day - wins are less important than Tannehill's development. Meaning, I'd rather go 4-12 and know Tannhehill is the man, than to go - say - 9-7, and find he's garbage. That said, I'm hoping for a miracle 11-5 finish.
This. I didn't vote because there was no option that read: "Things should have been blown up at the end of last year, instead of Ireland throwing Sparano under the bus and convincing Ross that this team was talent-laden and all that was needed was new coaching."
As much as I want to see wins now I know a fair assessment of the new coaching staff and like it or not GM won't show until next season. If anyone told me we are going to win more than 7 or 8 games I'd think they were smoking something.
