As it stands right now, we got 4 Day 1 starters with our first 4 picks. Maybe not the 4 I would've taken but we are still batting 1.000
The big problem for me is that we have managed to get weaker than this time last year in two critical weak spots.
I just can't believe we are going into next season even worse off at linebacker and running back knowing this exact situation going into the draft, and having the capital to fix it.
I have said all along this is a rebuild process over a number of years to build a dynasty, and this was somewhere between years one and two, and I expect us to be a real contender by years three to four (2022-2023). That's what happened with the Steelers in the 70s, to an extent the Niners in the 80s, and Dallas in the 90s - three consecutive loaded drafts that launched them into greatness.
But you have to make the picks stick, and you have to address critical needs as they come up. The Steelers addressed RB early, as did Dallas. We are ignoring it to our detriment and piling even more pressure on Tua by giving him a pathetic running game. That's just dumb, and I don't care how many times people say it's a passing league now, at some stage you have to run the ball and run it well. Just ask Dan Marino.
We did well by grabbing a franchise QB last year and addressing the offensive line in one hit, and for doing that well done. But I am fed up with us having a non-existent rushing plan and watching opposition tight ends tear us a new one - this was our opportunity to fix those glaring problems while moving forward, and we failed.
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