The Front Office: Adam Peters and Roster Construction

[skinsinparadise]

Regardless of what Adam Peters says to the media and/or fans regarding the roster going into this season, I am assuming based on how he felt about the roster when he was first hired was behind closed doors he thought this was a long term roster building project. You don't go from valuing barely 3 players as starters from the previous regime to a championship contending caliber team in a few seasons. You can bring in some pieces, you can upgrade in a variety of spots, but this is about building a 53 man roster and the circumstances and situations that go into acquiring talent have so many factors season to season that there are going to be seasons where you feel ahead of progress and seasons you feel behind progress. I also think it is very likely you go through a head coach or two during the process as well. We already have seen both coordinators get shown the door and my assumption is that Adam Peters has a much longer leash than Dan Quinn when all is said and done.

Living out here I witnessed the 49ers team get built over many seasons, which started by taking Alex Smith #1 overall and him being deemed a bust within a few seasons while the organization was also quietly building up that dominant defense and running game. They also were on their third HC (4th if you count Tomsula interning as coach when Singletary was fired) by the time they started the playoff run and championship window.

All this isn't to say that I am settling for waiting THAT long, for one we have an actual difference maker at QB who showed his very first season that he can win if he is surrounded with at least competence on the offense, but this defense has been pretty terrible the last couple of seasons, and the front office put in work to improve that unit, although some key frustrating injuries have some of that impact up in the air for at least the opener and first chunk of the season at this point. A complete rebuild just takes time. This front office didn't take over a .500 team that was on the cusp of something. They took over easily one of the worst modern franchises in the NFL and have been tasked with basically re-inventing their identity to what it was once known to be.

Adam Peters signed a five year contract and I think considering the state of where this franchise was before 2024, it's a reasonable time frame to make this team a consistent winner, so I am willing to ride out that contract with him at the helm and at that point we can re-visit his overall job performance.

Five years to build a consistent winner — seems long if Jayden is who we think he is. Usuallly you don't struggle or even be so so for 4 years with a franchise QB in the helm.

But if the national media is right that this is one of the worst rosters in the NFL, then three years in, after inheriting a ton of draft picks and cap space, that's a poor job by Peters if their assessment is accurate. Personally, while I agree he inherited a bad roster, he also inherited one of the better situations at the time. We forget this now, but this job was hailed as one of the best openings in the league back then — a loaded draft with a ton of picks, including at QB, and a ton of cap room to work with.

Take Denver, for example. They had a better roster than Washington in 2023, but not by much, and their cap and pick situation was a disaster because of the Russell Wilson contract. They might have a top-3 roster now. New England's roster was just as bad as Washington's in 2023 — now it's far more loaded.

That's what happens when you take a bad situation and do a killer job fixing it. Adam Peters took a bad situation and did an OK job fixing it. The best analogy I can give: imagine someone who weighs 300 pounds, but fasts and does everything possible to lose weight, and is now 150 pounds and looks great. Peters inherited the 300-pound starting point, was handed everything he needed to shed the weight — the best dietician, the best trainer — and took off 70 pounds. He's now at 230. That's a decent job. It's far from a killer job. And heck the national media doesn't think he took off any weight, they think this roster sucks. But I go against that narrative. Even the "critics" of Peters here are really homers in contrast to most of the outside world about this team.

Given the QB rookie-contract window, this organization would be far better served with a killer front office rather than one that's just OK so far, because the clock is ticking. Arguably the Bears, Broncos, and Patriots have done a much better job maximizing their own rookie windows. And this isn't just some whiny fan take — it's basically treated as conventional wisdom across the national media, whether it's analytics people, the draft community, or NFL personnel people talking off the record.

Now, hopefully Peters has the last laugh and this team is better than most think. And I think there's a fighting chance he does — not because I believe he's built a great roster, but because I think it's a so-so roster, and that might be enough for Jayden to elevate it. We'll see.

But if this team ends up even mediocre this season — let alone bad, like the national media expects — I think we're lying to ourselves if we say we'd have been perfectly happy, back when Peters was hired, to hear that three years in they'd be sitting at 8-9. I'd bet 99% of us, if we went back in a time machine, would call that disappointing. Many forget that as meh as the Rivera era was, it was mostly a mediocre run, so so teams, and the bottom fell out the last season. If you told me we are back on that Rivera run for the most part and looking at year 5 for it to really come together -- for me at least that would be cringe if I went back in a time machine.

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Brother Om has made a lot of the same points you make Voice and they are valid ones. I don’t think our 2025 WR corps was all that to begin with … Deebo was a nice addition but then we turned around and let him walk after giving up a 5th rd pick to get him and he had a reasonably good season for us. Noah Brown? I have no idea what gave us confidence he would stay on the field since he never had before… we let our 2nd best WR (Zaccheus) walk for chump change…

But your overall point, that mass injuries almost everywhere, derailed the 2025 season. The McLaurin holdout and subsequent injury may have been much more of a big deal than we want to admit… but keep in mind that was probably entirely avoidable if AP hadn’t wanted to prove some point and *win* that negotiation.

Generally speaking though I think most teams would’ve struggled to win in 2025 with the injuries we had.

It’s been a year and while we have already had some injuries, we can’t keep using that as an excuse. It’s time to start showing something. If 2026 is no better it will call into question the talent at the top of the org and frankly it should.

I don't disagree with you on the original construction of the 2025 receiving corps, however without the benefit of hindsight, I think there was only one real problem: They chose Noah Brown over any other option. And Brown was good for us when he played in 2024. He was the second leading receiver and was on pace for a 700 yard season. He also was a deep threat and drew a lot of PI penalties down field, so he helped stretch the field opposite Terry.

However, the reason he should not have been counted on was his injury history, and he missed the end of the season on IR with an internal injury.

That was the big mistake. The other 4, it's hard to quibble with:
- McLaurin: Clearly the WR1
- Deebo: Is an NFL starting WR. And a good one. Just doesn't fit a specific position. The idea is he would be the slot/gadget guy. Didn't work out that way due to injury, but he's one of the best for that role.
- McCaffery: Second year 3rd round draft pick, expected development
- Lane: Rookie 4th round draft pick.

Yeah, they didn't have a 6th or 7th receiver, and that's where they were thin. You could argue (and I did) that if they chose Noah Brown, they needed another vet because of his availability issues.

What is hard to predict, however, is that McLaurin would miss 10 games, Deebo 1 and limited in 2-3 others, McCaffery and Lane would both end the season on IR. That's just nuts.

I think the McLaurin holdout was a dark cloud that hung over the entire organization. Also, keep in mind that Brown missed most of training camp also. So what made the situation worse going into the season is Daniels didn't work with either of his top 2 receivers at all through camp. McLaurin returned right before the season, then got hurt. Brown returned right before the season, and also got hurt.

The thinking was when both of those guys were back, it would be ok. And maybe it would have been. But they got back, then were gone in an instant. If I remember correctly, Noah Brown got hurt in week 2 and McLaurin week 3.

I don't fault Peters on the McLaurin negotiations at all. In fact, I think it's one of the things he's done best. McLaurin got the contract he deserved to get. A really good, starting WR contract that's not the Jamar Chase or Jefferson type contract. Because he's not those guys. The reporting is he was looking for top 3 WR money. He isn't a top 3 WR. Could Peters have moved things along faster? Maybe. But I think a whole lot of the responsibility for that falls on McLaurin and some really poor advice he was getting from his team. But Peters not caving to a popular player and just paying him above market value is something I think he did right, not wrong.

Here's the thing that disturbed me about the injury plagued 2025 season: they weren't competitive through the injuries. THAT is on coaching, and maybe on depth to some extent. Even dumbass Jay Gruden, in seasons when they had bad injury luck, managed, at times, to outperform and remain somewhat competitive. The fact this team essentially folded is the most worrisome thing to me.

They can't do the same in 2026. If they suffer the same number of injuries, but remain competitive and steal a game or two, I think that would be fine. But if they suffer injuries and just collapse, that would be really bad.

Ad I said before, my expectation for a team with a top 5 QB and in year 3 of a regime is 11 wins minimum, which should be good enough for a playoff win. I kidnof think of it like going 10-6 in the 16 game schedule. 10-6 was a 62% win rate. 11 wins on a 17 game schedule is a 64% win rate. 10 is a 58% win rate. Growing up with mostly a 16 game schedule, 10 wins was always the barometer to me: you get to 10 wins, you're a good team. Now that barometer is 11 wins with one extra game.

There is always context. But absent catastrophe, 11 wins to me is the bare minimum expectation.

 

[Commander Wraith]

Five years to build a consistent winner — seems long if Jayden is who we think he is. Usuallly you don't struggle or even be so so for 4 years with a franchise QB in the helm.

But if the national media is right that this is one of the worst rosters in the NFL, then three years in, after inheriting a ton of draft picks and cap space, that's a poor job by Peters if their assessment is accurate. Personally, while I agree he inherited a bad roster, he also inherited one of the better situations at the time. We forget this now, but this job was hailed as one of the best openings in the league back then — a loaded draft with a ton of picks, including at QB, and a ton of cap room to work with.

Take Denver, for example. They had a better roster than Washington in 2023, but not by much, and their cap and pick situation was a disaster because of the Russell Wilson contract. They might have a top-3 roster now. New England's roster was just as bad as Washington's in 2023 — now it's far more loaded.

That's what happens when you take a bad situation and do a killer job fixing it. Adam Peters took a bad situation and did an OK job fixing it. The best analogy I can give: imagine someone who weighs 300 pounds, but fasts and does everything possible to lose weight, and is now 150 pounds and looks great. Peters inherited the 300-pound starting point, was handed everything he needed to shed the weight — the best dietician, the best trainer — and took off 70 pounds. He's now at 230. That's a decent job. It's far from a killer job. And heck the national media doesn't think he took off any weight, they think this roster sucks. But I go against that narrative. Even the "critics" of Peters here are really homers in contrast to most of the outside world about this team.

Given the QB rookie-contract window, this organization would be far better served with a killer front office rather than one that's just OK so far, because the clock is ticking. Arguably the Bears, Broncos, and Patriots have done a much better job maximizing their own rookie windows. And this isn't just some whiny fan take — it's basically treated as conventional wisdom across the national media, whether it's analytics people, the draft community, or NFL personnel people talking off the record.

Now, hopefully Peters has the last laugh and this team is better than most think. And I think there's a fighting chance he does — not because I believe he's built a great roster, but because I think it's a so-so roster, and that might be enough for Jayden to elevate it. We'll see.

But if this team ends up even mediocre this season — let alone bad, like the national media expects — I think we're lying to ourselves if we say we'd have been perfectly happy, back when Peters was hired, to hear that three years in they'd be sitting at 8-9. I'd bet 99% of us, if we went back in a time machine, would call that disappointing. Many forget that as meh as the Rivera era was, it was mostly a mediocre run, so so teams, and the bottom fell out the last season. If you told me we are back on that Rivera run for the most part and looking at year 5 for it to really come together -- for me at least that would be cringe if I went back in a time machine.

Not to get off track, but looking at Denver’s defense in their huge 2024 turnaround:

DTs: Zach Allen (stud) - signed by current regime, their other top DTs were drafted by previous regime
Edge: Bonitto (stud) and Cooper - drafted by previous regime
LBs: Singleton - FA signing by previous regime, Strnad - drafted by previous regime
Corners: Surtain (stud) and Moss - drafted by previous regime
Safeties: Jones - FA signing by current regime, Locke - drafted by previous regime
Overall - 2 new additions and 9 holdovers.

Kudos to the two starting additions by the current regime - Allen’s excellent and Jones was key - but all of their other starters were holdovers. Talk about a massive difference in starting points between our two teams.

Comparing that to our offensive turnaround in 2024…

From previous regime: Terry, Cosmi, Bates, Robinson
Current regime signings: Ertz, Brown, Wiley, Allegretti, Biadasz
Current regime drafted starters: Daniels and Coleman
Overall - 7 new additions vs 4 holdovers

Note: I realize that’s just 1 unit and I’m not factoring in coaching. Still pretty telling IMO

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

I heard a lot of backlash about the Peters quote about the passionate fans. I head the whole exchange on Galdi yesterday, and I think some of what he said was taken out of context. I don't know if the whole exchange has been discussed, but he was actually answer the question as asked.

Here was the question, it was asked by Scott Abraham of channel 7 : “AP, this one is for you. Simply judging by the tenor and the tone from the fan base over the past week, there’s certainly some worry there. My question to you is, ‘What gives you hope that you know everything’s going to be all right basically with this team, the structure, going forward?"


The full answer:

"Yeah, I mean, I have a ton of confidence in this team. I have a ton of confidence in the coaching staff and DQ alluded to it. We haven't done a whole lot, you know, in terms of showing what we're going to be doing. (somebody sneezed,) bless you, offensively or defensively.

And there's been a lot of times where we haven't had our players out there, you know, whether it's been in the games or even at practice.

So, you know, I look back to, how we did against the Dolphins and just seeing when we had the full arsenal players up front offensively, defensively, to seeing what we're capable of, and very confident in that and added like DQ just talked about, with Jayden how he's where he's at and what he's going to be and having him back.

You know, just overall, you know, character of the men in that room and the coaching level of the coaching that we have.

I'm very confident and you know, I think obviously fans are passionate, and that's great. But there's a lot of stuff that we're doing here that you know, maybe they don't se enad there's a lot of things that I'm really excidted to see in a couple of weeks. We couldn't be more thrilled than to, start our season when we're starting it, and it's going to be a great challenge and we're looking forward to it."

When you read the full quote, I don't think there's anything patronizing in it whatsoever. I think it was a fair question. I think it's important to note the way the question was asked, Scott asked specifically about the fan base, so Peters answered in kind.

I also think the "we're doing a lot of things you haven't seen" part was interpreted as roster manipulation things, but in the full answer, I think it's pretty clear that Peters is talking about the fact they were really vanilla with their schemes in the practices and games, so it's hard to know what they're going to do.

I have no idea if they have the right to feel confident or not, but I thought the backlash about this quote was probably mis-placed. I don't know who the first to throw the clipped quote on twitter was, but I'm guessing it was done intentionally to try and insite a riot. That Brandon guy is the one I saw tweet quoted first (I don't follow him).

There are a lot of times when somebody says "he was taken out of context" I'm like, "no, he actually said that, don't try and defend him." (Not referring to Peters, just life in general.) But in this case, I think taken out of context absolutely applies. Especially with the way the question was phrased asking about the fans.

As a total aside, the way he just casually said "bless you" to whoever sneezed and didn't lose a beat was rather humorous

 

[Chris]

I heard a lot of backlash about the Peters quote about the passionate fans. I head the whole exchange on Galdi yesterday, and I think some of what he said was taken out of context. I don't know if the whole exchange has been discussed, but he was actually answer the question as asked.

Here was the question, it was asked by Scott Abraham of channel 7 : “AP, this one is for you. Simply judging by the tenor and the tone from the fan base over the past week, there’s certainly some worry there. My question to you is, ‘What gives you hope that you know everything’s going to be all right basically with this team, the structure, going forward?"


The full answer:

"Yeah, I mean, I have a ton of confidence in this team. I have a ton of confidence in the coaching staff and DQ alluded to it. We haven't done a whole lot, you know, in terms of showing what we're going to be doing. (somebody sneezed,) bless you, offensively or defensively.

And there's been a lot of times where we haven't had our players out there, you know, whether it's been in the games or even at practice.

So, you know, I look back to, how we did against the Dolphins and just seeing when we had the full arsenal players up front offensively, defensively, to seeing what we're capable of, and very confident in that and added like DQ just talked about, with Jayden how he's where he's at and what he's going to be and having him back.

You know, just overall, you know, character of the men in that room and the coaching level of the coaching that we have.

I'm very confident and you know, I think obviously fans are passionate, and that's great. But there's a lot of stuff that we're doing here that you know, maybe they don't se enad there's a lot of things that I'm really excidted to see in a couple of weeks. We couldn't be more thrilled than to, start our season when we're starting it, and it's going to be a great challenge and we're looking forward to it."

When you read the full quote, I don't think there's anything patronizing in it whatsoever. I think it was a fair question. I think it's important to note the way the question was asked, Scott asked specifically about the fan base, so Peters answered in kind.

I also think the "we're doing a lot of things you haven't seen" part was interpreted as roster manipulation things, but in the full answer, I think it's pretty clear that Peters is talking about the fact they were really vanilla with their schemes in the practices and games, so it's hard to know what they're going to do.

I have no idea if they have the right to feel confident or not, but I thought the backlash about this quote was probably mis-placed. I don't know who the first to throw the clipped quote on twitter was, but I'm guessing it was done intentionally to try and insite a riot. That Brandon guy is the one I saw tweet quoted first (I don't follow him).

There are a lot of times when somebody says "he was taken out of context" I'm like, "no, he actually said that, don't try and defend him." (Not referring to Peters, just life in general.) But in this case, I think taken out of context absolutely applies. Especially with the way the question was phrased asking about the fans.

As a total aside, the way he just casually said "bless you" to whoever sneezed and didn't lose a beat was rather humorous

The whole thing strikes me as some ‘fans’ just wanting to be offended. 😇

 

[Conn]

I don’t really get how “we aren’t showing anything we’ll do week 1 in preseason” really helps the situation, that applies to every team in the league. It’s almost more arrogant to imply it doesn’t matter that our depth was whooped and out-efforted and out-executed by the Ravens’ depth, because we went vanilla. So did they. So our brand spanking new coordinators and their sexy secret schemes are such an advantage, such a force-multiplier, that the difference is going to impact us more than the same difference will impact other teams come week 1? Wow, now that’s conviction in your coaches who have never called plays before

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

I don’t really get how “we aren’t showing anything we’ll do week 1 in preseason” really helps the situation, that applies to every team in the league. It’s almost more arrogant to imply it doesn’t matter that our depth was whooped and out-efforted and out-executed by the Ravens’ depth, because we went vanilla. So did they. So our brand spanking new coordinators and their sexy secret schemes are such an advantage, such a force-multiplier, that the difference is going to impact us more than the same difference will impact other teams come week 1? Wow, now that’s conviction in your coaches who have never called plays before

I don't disagree.

I'm just saying I think this quote is being bandied about akin to one of the Bruce "We're close" or "The culture is damn good" quotes, and it's completely unfair.

To me, it was a complete non-answer to a question that he really couldn't answer in any other way. When the question is "The fans are nervous, why are you not nervous?" I mean, what are you going to say? "Yeah, we crapped the bed at Center, we don't think we have a shot for 2026 and we're prepping for a coaching search and the 2027 draft?"

I mean, there is no real answer to the question other than "we're confident in what we've done, we'll see how it works out, and we appreciate the fans concern, we hope to show you it's unfounded." Could he maybe have said it better? I guess, but he's coming up with the answer in real time.

My point is I think the quote was taken out of context, either intentionally or unintentionally (I think intentionally but I can't prove that) and it has drawn a lot of unfair criticism.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Not to get off track, but looking at Denver’s defense in their huge 2024 turnaround:

DTs: Zach Allen (stud) - signed by current regime, their other top DTs were drafted by previous regime
Edge: Bonitto (stud) and Cooper - drafted by previous regime
LBs: Singleton - FA signing by previous regime, Strnad - drafted by previous regime
Corners: Surtain (stud) and Moss - drafted by previous regime
Safeties: Jones - FA signing by current regime, Locke - drafted by previous regime
Overall - 2 new additions and 9 holdovers.

Kudos to the two starting additions by the current regime - Allen’s excellent and Jones was key - but all of their other starters were holdovers. Talk about a massive difference in starting points between our two teams.

Comparing that to our offensive turnaround in 2024…

From previous regime: Terry, Cosmi, Bates, Robinson
Current regime signings: Ertz, Brown, Wiley, Allegretti, Biadasz
Current regime drafted starters: Daniels and Coleman
Overall - 7 new additions vs 4 holdovers

Note: I realize that’s just 1 unit and I’m not factoring in coaching. Still pretty telling IMO

I mentioned Denver having a slightly better roster then -- better on defense (their defense by the way ranked 27th in 2023) not so IMO on offense. But its not like they inherited some loaded situation. This is an article from 2025. If Washington didn't trade Montez Sweat and Chase, in theory that's something you can build on. But they traded them for picks. Peters inherited picks. Peters inherited cap space. Denver not so much.

And if you don't like Denver as an example use New England.

Broncos learned from 'measured approach' to 2024 free agency – Denver Sports

Broncos CEO Greg Penner doesn't know what the Broncos' approach to free agency will be, but their plan appears different than recent years.

denversports.com

You saw us after our first season. We really felt like we had to do some things immediately in free agency to shore up both our offensive line and defensive line,” he said.

The results were signings that included right tackle Mike McGlinchey, left guard Ben Powers and defensive end Zach Allen. All three did exactly what Penner hoped, fortifying those spots as Payton built from the inside out.

A year later, the Wilson trade continued to echo — but in the $53 million crater in the salary cap left by the decision to release the maligned quarterback after two unsuccessful seasons. The limited cap resources forced the Broncos be more intentional in their signings.



“Last year, we were more constrained. It was a measured approach, and that served us well,” Penner said.

Indeed, the Broncos focused on their run defense, with additions such as Malcolm Roach, John Franklin-Myers and safety Brandon Jones. Of those three, only Franklin-Myers was a full-time starter with his previous team. All played crucial roles.

“In terms of managing through the salary cap and a big dead-cap hit this year, it was challenging, but I think it forced us to be really sharp in our decision making,” Penner said.

The Broncos wouldn’t have returned to the postseason without the sum total of their moves in the previous two free-agency periods. On the watch of Penner, Payton and George Paton as a triumvirate, the club is 2-for-2.

It would seem like the Broncos’ approach would be somewhere in between the last two offseasons. They have a projected $45.2 million of cap space, per OvertheCap. But they’ve already done much of their shopping the last six months in re-signing right guard Quinn Meinerz, cornerback Pat Surtain II, edge rusher Jonathon Cooper and left tackle Garett Bolles.

“Our needs are different,” Penner said. “We have a young nucleus and a great, great quarterback to build around.”

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Identifying and securing that nucleus was a key tenet of the off-field work in the 2024 season.

“We haven’t set yet what our approach to free agency will be,” Penner added, “but if it’s appropriate, we’ll be aggressive, but I’m not sure that we’ll need to do that.”

The Broncos’ dead-money figure currently stands at a reasonable $32.45 million. They have enough space to be dangerous, but enough filled roster spots to be prudent. Further, with other contracts potentially looming over the horizon — such as extensions for Allen and edge rusher Nik Bonitto, and perhaps an extension and restructure for wide receiver Courtland Sutton — the Broncos must remain in position to take care of their own, rewarding the “develop” part of a draft-and-develop plan that remains the ideal path to sustained success.

And unlike 2023 and 2024, the Broncos have their full complement of Day 1 and Day 2 picks.

 

[Chris]

It is completely fair to question the talent of the bottom half of the roster. I do to. Scheming or not, they were mostly non-competitive.

 

[DWinzit]

My guess is they have no intention of adding any other good players for the 53 until after the first game. That game will give them a feel for what they really have and they wont need to guarantee the added players salary after the first game.

 

[burgold]

My guess is they have no intention of adding any other good players for the 53 until after the first game. That game will give them a feel for what they really have and they wont need to guarantee the added players salary after the first game.

Which again screams to me play the damn starters in the preseason games. Don't use the first three regular season games as your ramp up.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Tanier if I recall from the old Football Outsiders.

If I could ask a question to Peters for his event on Thursday, and for the coaching staff too -- how much of a motivator is it for them all the outside negativity about this team. Heck even Peters colleagues crapped on his off season talking off the record to the Athletic. Quinn is one of the hot odds on favorite to be fired.

Reading about Quinn in 2024 at least he was obsessed with motivational issues, how much if any does this fuel them? lol, because people can think I or KDawg or DWinzit or Conn or a slew of other people here are negative about Peters and this roster -- but we are Larry Michael on steroids compared to the outside world on this team.



The Commanders are projected to win 7.7 games by DVOA. I think they have had a miserable offseason, despite adding Stefon Diggs. The cavalcade of 32-year old acquisitions I have been dunking on all summer leaves me with little faith about the quality of the front office and the lower tiers of the roster. Dire tales from joint practices make me wonder about the reconfigured coaching staff.
So I think the Commanders could be the worst team in the NFL. It’s hard to project them with the worst record, because the Browns quarterback situation is so dire that the team could surrender at the trade deadline, while the Cardinals schedule is so brutal.
Relitigating what the Commanders did after reaching the NFC Championship Game in 2024 is tricky. It’s easy to condemn the Laremy Tunsil and Deebo Samuel trades, but those moves made sense at the time. The Commanders got so little besides Jayden Daniels from the 2024 draft that the seeds of decline may have already been sewn.
The Commanders needed to do a better job self-scouting the bottom half of their roster and creating competition among younger players in 2025 and this offseason. They should have stockpiled late-round picks and UDFAs and given the ones they did have better opportunities to win roster spots and roles. One or two come-from-nowhere contributors would make their roster look a lot less like the result of an end-of-free-agency shopping spree.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Another on this point just today. 13th out of 16th lol at least not last. I recall someone saying they suspect the NFL is much higher on Peters than the fan base. It feels the opposite. Most of the nationals, including dudes who work in other offices think this roster is crap.

I among others think its meh, so so, not deserving of reflex faith for name that Peters move -- but not the opposite extreme either where we think he sucks. Much of the national sentiment is this roster sucks, and some have called out Peters specifically on that front.

NFL execs rank NFC teams: Rams, Seahawks clear favorites. Can the Bears keep rising?

Voters had a wide variety of opinions on the NFC North, with one executive ranking the Bears No. 1 overall in the conference.

www.nytimes.com

NFL execs rank NFC teams: Rams, Seahawks clear favorites. Can the Bears keep rising?​

"I think they are going to be bad," another exec said. "The quarterback is talented, but his style of play, unless he changes it, is a concern. The weapons around him are OK, but I don't think it's a dynamic team offensively. Defensively, they plateaued."

 

[NickyJ]

I am feeling the doom and gloom about the offensive line and corner, but Tanier has stared into the abyss too long. The Commies stomped on the Dolphins in joint-practice like every other team has since then, so that's an easy team to the add to the list of being worse than us. I can't take him seriously, or use him to judge other media.

 

[skinsinparadise]

I am feeling the doom and gloom about the offensive line and corner, but Tanier has stared into the abyss too long. The Commies stomped on the Dolphins in joint-practice like every other team has since then, so that's an easy team to the add to the list of being worse than us. I can't take him seriously, or use him to judge other media.

I am not judigng the outside media by Tanier alone, most of them have crapped on this team for most of the off season, especially of late. Finlay-Mitchell ran a segment on it today among others without even referencing Tanier.

 

[Always Commander Never Captain]

Defensively they plateaued? A bottom 5 defense is the base case here?

I don't think national media (at least I hope this is the case) understands how different the scheme will be.

 

[skinsinparadise]

Defensively they plateaued? A bottom 5 defense is the base case here?

I don't think national media (at least I hope this is the case) understands how different the scheme will be.

I find it interesting that they mostly see 2024 as a mirage and 2025 is closer to the real team. But I'd say as the season approaches lol many of them see this team as even worse than 2024. it's nuts.

 

[Chris]

I must have missed that ‘cavalcade of 32 year olds’ that were signed. I should pay better attention.

 

[skinsinparadise]

I must have missed that ‘cavalcade of 32 year olds’ that were signed. I should pay better attention.

Feels like they are stuck in the 2025 off season versus now and as for now they are harping on Diggs. I am failry confident Diggs is going to have the last laugh.

 

[Chris]

Feels like they are stuck in the 2025 off season versus now and as for now they are harping on Diggs. I am failry confident Diggs is going to have the last laugh.

The ‘writer’ of that masterpiece gives me the vibes of someone who was denied an interview for a working role within the organization.