Bill wants to run 3-4 to get his best talent on the field. He also prefers the 3-4 but hasn't had the talent to run it due to very poor drafting. The reason players like Collins,Dobson,Kenbrell and Easley are rushed to play Is because of the very poor drafting has led to needs st many positions. I wanted Hightower to bulk and play DT or 3-4 DE because he is a bust at LB and doesn't have explosion to play 3-4 olb rush LB or 4-3 DE. 4-5 Lbs drafted after high tower in his draft are outplaying him by miles. Garappollo in round 2??!! Yeah if Brady gets injured QB would really he why the team sucks. Need another QB to carry the team. Not likely!! Why not give your QB more talent to work with.
All this B$ there is no listed starters because Bills thinking is so far above everybody else's. He has so many formations for each offense that his starters depend on the offense. B$!! If you have talented established starters, they can start in different formations. The 15 or so busts in rounds 1-3 in last 7 drafts are catching up and that's not including the busts in 2005-2007. Putting heat on QBs is a prime key position and Bill practically ignored it other than couple head scratching busts like Cunningham. He finds a decent edge rusher and plays him at DT because he hadn't drafted a half impact DT in last 9 drafts. Come on, Chandler is 6'5 265 he doesn't belong at DT. Easley has upside but undersized coming off 2 acl injuries in college doesn't belong going in round one. Brady is 37, asking him to compensate for a poor online and a slot WR as his #One may be asking to much. Bill thinks he can find another QB that can do that let him try. Oh he already did, drafting Garappollo in Round2 when he had holes at the oline, safety,pass rush,WR was brilliant.
Nobody wanted Vollmer and Edelman in free agency for a reason. Vollmer injuries have caught up to his talent and Edelman is a slot and product of Brady and the system. I'm happy they resigned Edelman because Amendola continues to look Horrible but they could have got Edelman cheaper. Then Loser Lafell was signed as a cheap bargain because they didn't want to pay more than 3 million or trade a high draft pick for an established WR. All this all in talk but what happens when you play it cheap. If you go 8-9 drafts without drafting more than 1-2 impact players and refuse to make any free agent splashes or only willing to give up a round 4-7 draft pick in a trade for a player then where are the impact players on your team?! I hope Revis has another all pro 2 seasons but this long term contract talk is nuts. No Cornerback is a shutdown beast at 30-35 like they were at 24-28.
I have hopes for Easley,Collins,Dobson,Kenbrell,Ryan, Harmon,Fleming but these guys are rushed due to MULTIPLE BUSTS IN LAST 8-9 DRAFTS WITH ONLY 1-2 ESTABLISHED IMPACT PLAYERS, REFUSAL TO SIGN ANY IMPACT TALENT IN FREE AGENCY AND. REFUSAL TO TRADE ANY HIGHER THAN A ROUND4 pick for a player.
They say impact free agent signings are the cost of poor drafting, well lots of poor drafting but where are the splash free agent signings to compensate. A couple big free agent signings would give our young players time to get good. But all they sign with big names are old players