I've been very critical of AP. And obviously the lack of WR depth was a huge mistake. But I have to kind of push back on the narrative that they did little to help their young QB. And yes you can walk and chew gum at the same time.
He made a huge investment in Tunsil to shore up the most important position on the OL, then they used their first round pick on a right tackle, traded more draft capital for Deebo Samuels, who gave them about what they expected I would think, and took a deep threat WR in the 4th round and a back with explosion and big play potential later in the draft. I know more was needed but you can't fix everything in one offseason, Caleb already had his weapons in place last offseason so they just had to address the offensive line. It's not like they did little, that's a lot invested in players specifically acquired to help their young QB.
I think there a few here who have emphasized harder how much I like what he did on the O line, including in discussion with you if I recall.
I've debated you some about Peters and on the aggregate by a mile I am higher on him than you. So this is a departure lol where you take his side.
And just to make my position clear on Peters while I am clearly higher on him than you are. Mainly because if you dissect his actual moves, IMHO they were mostly good. I know you disagree.
Where I am far from in love with Peters was his overall vision for 2025. I think it lacked ambition, was somewhat half assed, arrogant and put too much pressure on Jayden. Was it all bad? Of course not, you know that lol from our own discussions.
As to this specific point. Even the team apparently somewhat agrees that they didn't go all in at WR. Keim now has said on multiple podcasts that he knows that they knew that they were thin at WR and knew the margin of error for it was thin. And he also said they were banking on Chris Moore, KJ Osborn or Michael Gallup to emerge.
Just look at what the Bears have done at TE and WR in the last two years compared to this team. I was specific about it but am tired of repeating it. It's not even close. It's a joke.
I like the Deebo trade more than some here do, I was just defending that trade yesterday. Good move. But its not enough. You let Dyami go. You let Zaccheus go. You don't bring back Crowder. That was your depth last season. All gone. All replaced with nothing players. then you ride with often injured Noah Brown as your Z with no net behind him or Terry. That's a joke.
If I wasn't a big fix O line guy for years, I'd be even more critical of Peters than you generally are. I give him an A for fixing the O line and most of that is because of his emphasis of it. I hated Ron not giving a rats behind about the unit and dismantiling it. I love Peters going all hands on deck to fix it. But I give him an F for WR. Not a C minus. Not a D. A total joke. A fat F.
Some hyperbole to make a point on my end. The only thing I can say nice about Peters at WR is I am gathering he thought his crap didn't stink that any Wr he grabbed off the street will be the next Zaccheus or Jayden was so good that he doesn't need top WRs. He was dead wrong. But at least there is some logic to it.
I was just listening ironically to Nicki from the Athletic on Standig's podcast. Standig asked her why did you think the season would go south? She predicted this summer a losing record. Her first point was the Wrs, you can see in camp these guys couldn't play (sans Terry and Noah who weren't in camp), offense looked lethargic. And she was shocked that none of it fazed the team and they didn't sign any WR in the summer.
I went to one camp practice myself and commented about how the Cbs locked down the Wrs, including lol one of the UDFA CBs. then we heard from the NE reporters how NE dominated the joint practice. Then they got dominated through most of the preseason. Yet, nada, no action.
If all Peters did is sign someone like Keenan Allen. A veteran who can run routes. I'd forgive him. But he did nothing. Just sign a dude or two that are competent even if not electric. In a vacuum it was nutty to trust Noah Brown as your Z. For starters, even if he was healthy, he's maybe at best a 4 type WR let alone a #2. But the dude can never stay healthy. And he was out during camp -- so the idea that the dude can't stay healthy, that whole script was playing out right in front of them and yet they did nothing.
When a reporter was asked this season why is Chris Moore still playing X considering his struggles, they said they asked a source with the team who told them he's the only backup on the roster who can properly run the X routes so they have no alternative.
Really pathetic and sad. And contrast that with the weapons the other 2024 Qbs have including better defenses -- double pathetic.
Having said that considering Keim said they knew they were risking it at WR. And its clear that risk blew up in their face. I got no fears they will double down on it.
Nabers, Jayden's pal, liked an instagram post that said look at who Jayden had to throw to this year. They don't want to be a punchline for this to be place not to go to if you draft a franchise QB. Peters flirted IMO with punchline status this season. I have though no fears it will happen again but as for 2025 it was a big swing and miss at WR.
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