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Originally Posted by SouperMeister
I'm not saying fire the GM, but this is not the team that McGloughan promised when he took the job. He sold us visions of tough, physical teams, and what we saw the last two home games, with a playoff berth at stake, was a butter-soft team on both sides of the ball. We can't run the ball, and we can't stop opponents from running down our throat. That's a bad recipe for winning December games when the weather is often a factor. It is time that Scot finally addresses our interior deficiencies on both lines through the draft and free agency. I hope that Josh Doctson is a stud, because that draft spot could have been used to fill a glaring deficiency in this lost season.
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Two more seasons will tell the tale if Scott is the real deal or just a GM that worked wonders at his previous gig. We need to realize that most of the fans of most of the NFL franchises are in the same boat as Skins fans. We are hyped up with hope every offseason/draft that things will dramatically change for the better, keeping us continually interested, with the coaching carousel, new rookies/free agents, etc. To me the problem is mostly with the fans and unrealistic expectations that are generated by the hype. Remember when analysts gave our 2016 draft grade as either a B+ or A-, when after all was said and done it was rather average at best? Most of us bought into that stuff, and it wasn't based on any real sense of reality. The NFL is a corporation and the bottom line is money and that entails getting the butts into the seats, getting TV ratings, and getting fans to buy crap they really don't need. How do you do that? Either build a winner or create a sports soap opera, like you have with the Lions, Redskins, and others that love to tease their fan base on a regular basis. Think about it. Snyder had the Skins as the most lucrative sports franchise on the planet at one point, and they were average at best. IF a competitive winner isn't built 2 seasons from now I think it should be apparent that the whole thing under Snyder is just keeping interest in the team via chaos. I trust Scott to build a winner, but I am going to stick with the 2 year thing. Hopefully his 2017 draft is more like his first draft and even better. 2016 really wasn't as nearly as good as initially advertised.