I know today was rough but now we know what to expect coming into each week. They will be going into the offseason with a high pick AND with the most cap space in the league. Based off what we’ve seen so far, Ran drafted well in this past draft, I feel he can be trusted to have another good draft. Regardless of anything we should be excited because Ran is cooking something up for the offseason.
Not writing him off, but this guy paid Dillard 5x more than everyone on our line to be the worst player in the starting lineup. And just about anyone would have put us near the top of the cap in 2024 with all of the retiring guys, expiring bums, etc. Also, 3 of our 6 draft picks from 2023 have yet to contribute meaningfully. Let’s pump the brakes a bit.
Dillard was 27 and they signed him for a 2 year deal to play LT. He was a first round talent they took a flyer on. If he had hit you’d have a LT for the next two years for cheap and your gut in place for the next half decade minimum. Just because it didn’t workout doesn’t mean it was a bad decision.
And no not just anyone would have. He let Long walk, cleaned the Db room out, turned over the over paid and under performing OL and then signed Simmons, SMB, Dhop and Key all solid pieces for the future while maintain a low cap hit for next year.
And 3 out of 6? Peter is our best OL, Levis looks like the future at qb, Spears is our most explosive weapon, Whyle is starting at Te and making plays every week and while not good the 6-7 rounders have played and contributed.
Jrob had entire classes that barely ever touched the field and in Ran/Vrabels first they all have played and the top 4 are future starters.
I’m not saying Ran/Vrabel are the greatest duo ever but they did a good job with what they had and where this team was.