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#211 |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: 22 Acacia Avenue
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Veach was laser focused and hellbent on revamping the offensive line and protecting our half billion dollar QB. I'm very pleased with the results. Next year we can fill in some of the other holes.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Springpatch
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He’s done a really sturdy job given the cap he’ll we’ve been in. The Mahomes contract alone was maybe the most brilliant contract I’ve ever seen.
That said, we’re paying for the 2018 draft right now. Our depth along the D is poor, and the big money contracts given out on D are starting to sour: Hitchens’ was never good, and now Frank’s is an albatross. He’ll be able to finally manage those this offseason. But goddamn, he has maybe his toughest offseason ahead of him. He’s probably going to have to let Badger and Ward walk, and completely rebuild our secondary. He’s going to have to completely retool the DE. He’s going to have to find that tertiary threat at WR, extend Hill and Brown. With almost no cap space, that’s a tall order. I don’t know if he has it in him. But he’s shown that while his roster management is merely adequate, when he hyper-focuses on a specific weakness of the roster, he obliterates it. |
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In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2008
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In one offseason he transitions from Suttons 3-4 to spags 4-3. The defense struggles mid season. So he goes out and gets Pennel and suggs. We win the super bowl. This offseason he adds 5 new OL after a super bowl embarrassment. Which wasn't even his fault given we played all backups. The WRs struggle so he gets Josh Gordon. Is anyone actually worried that veach isn't going go work his ass off to fix any problems we have? The guy has been a goddamn magician. He may not always get it right the first time. But he is quick to find his mistakes and try like hell to fix it. |
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Join Date: Feb 2021
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Aside from that, I don't think he's been stellar in the draft. But there are a lot of players he's brought in that have shown they can contribute, we just need to get consistency - Gay, Thornhill, Sneed etc. That's as much on the coaching staff and players as it is him. |
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#215 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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He needs to be proactive in get a few pieces on defense. A DE, Corner and LB are areas he should be looking at.
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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Three-Pat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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He has in this regards with Gay and Bolton. Bolton looks solid so far and if Gay could somehow rid himself of Watkins disease he looks like he can be a stud as well. I do think we need another one to replace Neiman though, so hopefully he addresses that this offseason.
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#218 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2008
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But when you look at his haui The entire OL Ward/snead/Fenton/hughes/baker/thornhill Butkicker Fingers crossed on Noah gray While we've been spotty on the front 7 I wouldn't call it a disaster. We've added some decent pieces. Just missing a consistent ppresence. These guys aren't terrible TNnadi/saunders/wharton Bolton/gay |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Langley, VA
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Join Date: Feb 2021
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But in any case I largely agree with your point and it goes beyond the DL. Nnadi, Wharton and Saunders have all shown enough in patches to believe they are underperforming. Sneed too. That suggests it's not all on Veach - but if they never flash again we might need to reevaluate their value as picks and Veach's draft record. If players don't perform, maybe they're just not that good. |
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#222 |
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Join Date: Nov 2018
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One move that’ll work instantly is to play Thornhill and bench Sorensen
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#223 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2021
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Later rounds are there to swing the bat. If you get a Sneed and a Smith 4-6 you can be forgiven for whiffing on Gray and Kaindoh - if that happens. Early days. |
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#224 |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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So Veach when trading for Clark should have magically predicted that by year three he was going to be this bad? If he was a descending player when Veach traded for him, that would be one thing. If he was 33 when the trade would happen, then you would be correct. Neither was the case. No way to know or predict outside of using hindsight he would drop off. Most people think Nnadi is good enough that we might not retain him after this season. Jones' performance has only dropped because they are playing him out of position. The Reed signing was highly praised at the time, it's only now........in hindsight........that it is being questioned. No one on the line was predicted to play as poorly as they have and to think the GM is supposed to just look into his crystal ball and see that is foolish and just a way for fans to point the finger at someone besides the underperforming player.
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#225 | |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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Reed was almost universally praised as a great under the radar signing. Its only after three games when he has not played well that we are bashing the signing. That's just something this board is almost legendary for though outside a few players. We love the pick or signing until they don't live up to expectations and then we point fingers. Just wait till Creed or Trey has a bad game and watch how many turn on them or the GM for terrible picks. Veach is not perfect and he has some headscratcher picks (like Speaks and to a point Hardman amongst others), but based off if where he is drafting I would say he has done quite well. He could always do better, but I would rather have him as our GM than 90% of the GMs in the league. |
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