Its hard to really get excited about the upcoming draft. Is anyone that excited about next year? Is anyone really buying the fantasy island our FO is selling at the expense of our future? Our current trajectory is backwater garbage. We need to blow up the draft and get paid while we still have the ability. I can recognize a soft rebuild to create a consistent winner through the draft, beginning this year. I'm tired of balless bean counting GMs with cobble 5 year plans that require everything going right. If we cant understand when and how to pivot we're never going anywhere. We gotta be louder about changing the FO. The time to pivot is right now, while we still have the ability.
I'm dreading next year. It's going to be even worse than this one, with or without a healthy Rodgers, because our illustrious coaching staff and front office are incapable of actually examining the shitshow that has happened this year and seeing that the roster they built was not just "a QB away" from being a contender, but rather that there are A LOT of problems with this roster. I also feel somewhat confident that we're nowhere near the end of this postseason drought. The thing with Rodgers is going to end badly and then we're going to clean house, again, and end up having to restart again and go through all of this yet again, with no hope on the horizon.
Yeah next year just feels so predictable. We'll be better with Rodgers, probably significantly so, but not good enough to be a serious contender. The only way that changes is if JD, the most incompetent OL builder I can think of, miraculously turns the entire unit around in a single offseason with little cap space and few premium picks. Needless to say, that is extremely unlikely. Then we'll be drafting in the bottom half of the first round the following year given how many more games we'll win with Rodgers. There's just no way to be excited about the next couple years barring a miracle this offseason. JD had the right idea on how to rebuild when he took over, but he botched way too many draft picks (especially at OL) and FA acquisitions for it to matter.
That's exactly what they did last year--How did it work out? Douglas signed three veteran WR that he figured were NFL ready--Allen Lazard, Mecole Hardman and Randall Cobb. Douglas gave Lazard more guaranteed money than any other free agent WR last year.
Your last sentence is spot on--Douglas has screwed up so many high draft picks and free agent signings of BAD players to mega millions.
Cobb as an all in move? Come on lol. Hardman was a gadget move. Lots of people here knew Lazard was not a true #2 when he signed. Those aren't the "all in" moves I'm talking about. Getting someone like Adams, Higgins, Pittman, or Evans is a significantly bigger all in type move that I'm expecting from Douglas.
I agree that one of the free agents WRs you reference would really help. BUT, I really, really don't want the jets to trade for WR Adams, no matter how much Rodgers insists. We are already down a 2nd round pick, and the Raiders will want a ton for Adams, knowing that Rodgers wants him. Douglas IS stupid enough to pony up a bunch of picks for him. Douglas has got to quit overpaying for pieces of crap like Lazard, Uzomah, Tomlinson, etc. Start drafting some real talent, unlike first round flops like Becton, Zach or McDonald.
We need to use our picks on other areas when there are quality backups available. I would rather they just pickup guys like Kurtis Rourke or Jack Plummer as FAs and hope we hit the jackpot where they can develop under Rodgers. When drafted in the 1st round or 6th round, it seems they all have the same chance of making it. Maybe we can get the next Purdy.
