To expand on your post TR1 and steal your format
- I think Gruden is safe for 2017 to be honest. I think the amount of injuries we have gives him some leeway as long as the team 'fights' as the season goes on and doesn't just quit. That last Shannahan year everyone just quit down the stretch. As long as this team is fighting, even if losing, then I think he's pretty safe. Also... who the heck would we get to replace him? Who want's to come here? I suspect McCLoughan knows as much and wants to make this place a more attractive coaching destination before he replaces Gruden.
- Griffin is GONE! Unless... Another team makes a stupid offer for Cousins and McCoy. If they walk I could see RGIII still being here. But in that case we'll most certainly be drafting a new QB. In some cases the worst case scenario becomes if Cousins finishes the season strong and makes a good case to go into Free Agency sought after by some of the other clubs desperately in need of a QB. In which case someone will overpay and we SHOULDN'T match it. But that's all hypothetical worst case. I think RGIII is out of here.
- Kirk.... as above. LOL I'd hope we could keep him around on a short contract, maybe a year or two on a price that doesn't break the bank. Maybe 3 to 4 million dollars a year. Give him the money that RGIII had the last few years. I certainly don't think he's a $16M a year QB and I don't think with McCLoughan in charge we're stupid enough to pay that money for him anymore. I do believe we've turned that corner at least.
- The O-Line needs time to be healthy and grow together. Wouldn't be a bad thing either to draft some more in that area this year and shore it up. I'm hopeful this might be a hallmark for our team for years to come if we play our cards right.
- Agree about the Defense. More draft picks needed here to shore up the line (Hatcher ain't getting any younger!) and fix the secondary. Some of the improvement is smoke and mirrors, We're not bad now, but we have some old guys out there who won't be around when this team (Hopefully) gets good in the future. So not only do we need depth, but I think we need to be thinking about where we'll be two or three years from now and that means replacements for Hatcher and Hall etc. Lots of work to do here I think.
- Special Teams are much much better. It's amazing what a difference a good kicker makes. LOL In many respects I think that this area will be helped with the people we draft to fill the deficiencies on Offense and Defense. As long as we draft players with an eye on whether they can help on Special Teams too. I think we did that successfully this year with Crowder.
- Offense is much like Defense. It's not bad, but we really need to address two fronts. Fragility and Age. I was down on Reed until this week. Knew he was great but thought he was a liability as he was never on the field. But after Sunday I just don't think you can afford to get rid of him. He's a worry though. Again here it's not just a case of where our holes currently are, but where they're gonna be. I think DJax is gone after this year (I think we'll trade him for hopefully something useful!) and I suspect Garcon is gone too. As will be Roberts. Not sure on Grant. It also wouldn't surprise me if Morris is gone too, leaving us with Matt Jones and a gap at Running Back too.
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