Wozzy
Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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I'd simplify it, the negative Nancies tell us all our players suck until they don't, and the moment the team lose a game these players suck again.Most of the fans on this board evaluate player acquisition & success from the wrong perspective.
Most view it as black/white/absolute/binary thing which it is not.
It's really relative to draft slot success rate relative to the position, draft capital investment and ROI which determines success.
Look at the 2019 Draft and UFA class /Round/ Starter success rate by round by position
Jake Bailey / 5/ N/A- Outcome: All-Pro Chase Winovich/3/ 34%- Outcome: reserve Joejuan Williams/2/46% Outcome: bust Byron Cowart/5/13% Outcome: reserve Jarrett Stidham/4/8%: Outcome: reserve Damien Harris/ 3//16% Outcome: starter Jakob Johnson/UFA/N/A Outcome: starter Gunner Olszewski/UFA Outcome: All-Pro PR/ST Jakobi Meyers/UFA/N/A Outcome: Starter N'Keal Harry/1/58% Outcome: bust
So in the 2019 draft:
10 rookies in the pool
2 All Pros
3 starters
2 busts
3 picks which are reserves/had injuries in 2020
Harry and JuJuan were busts. Anytime you miss on high draft capital and get horrible ROI it's not a good thing.
The ROI relative to draft capital and % success Bailey, Guns, Meyers, Jakob, Harris were home runs,
Overall this was a good rookie/UFA class
Execution doesn't exist, it's all about talent... which I'd like to think is the same as athleticism, but when you point out even athletic players like Harry have failed they argue about the science of it all. Brains and heart never fit into the equation anywhere.
The bad teams, the ones with all the high round draft picks... they have all the talent. It doesn't manifest into wins, but that's because they don't have Tom Brady... Bill got really lucky. It's a weird fever dream of QB fanboy histrionics, BB resentment and New England sport's fan malaise.
Now BB is winning again with another QB he drafted, so this group is reeling... and pinned to a thread about a kid who didn't even play this week instead of talking about the young WR who stepped in and did really well. It's an age old Boston sports forum enigma, how can something wildly successful like BB, a winning team or players suck at their job. A lot of these people telling us our players are no good were the ones saying the same thing in the midst of the 2014, 2016 and 2018 seasons. After it's over, they'll ignore the paradox of how such a poor team with talentless players could win it all.