Because we're eating it up so of course they're gonna feed it to us, thats how they get paid figuring out what we want to gobble up.
Had we drafted Tyson we'd be hearing the talking heads say we passed on an elite talent on a defense that was worst in the league last year for an injury prone reach and there would be total crickets on the "did we do enough to help jayden" front.
Maybe. But speaking for myself, this doesn’t feel like some artificial narrative.
It’s more like preparing for a long drive through the desert—you don’t pack evenly. You overload on what keeps you alive. Water. Not food. When you’ve got a young QB you’re trying to turn into a franchise guy, you should
overweight the offensive line and pass catchers. That’s the lifeline.
To me, Peters has only gone halfway there.
The best contrast is the Chicago Bears with Caleb Williams. They’re relentless about surrounding him with help. They already have Cole Kmet, and they still go get another weapon like Colston Loveland at TE. Then they add more depth. They don’t sit back and say, “we’re good enough at TE.” They just keep stacking. They draft Rousch. Same thing at receiver—they invest premium picks, repeatedly. And at the same time, they’ve built one of the top offensive lines in football, including adding the best center in the draft.
It’s an obsession with making life as easy as possible for your young QB.
Now, to be fair, Peters hasn’t done nothing. He deserves credit for improving the O-line and working through a weak roster he inherited. But some of the current holes are also self-inflicted—the Lattimore trade, and a 2024 draft where he had real capital and didn’t maximize it, especially at the top.
Peters clearly builds the roster holistically. He doesn’t treat a young QB like a special case—he treats him like the rest of the roster, like he’s already a finished product. So if WR ends up thin, it’s just “how the board fell or how FA worked out”
That’s the part that bothers me.
Because if you look at someone like Ryan Poles, it’s the opposite mindset. He’s not leaving anything to chance with Caleb. If there’s another weapon available, he adds it. Period. It’s aggressive, almost obsessive—and that’s exactly IMO how you maximize a young QB’s development.
Peters has done some good things, and overall I like a lot of this offseason. But he’s not operating with that same urgency when it comes to supporting Jayden. He’s not treating him like a fragile, high-value investment that needs to be insulated and accelerated.
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