Wow, Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi Know what They're Doing!

Sorry, vendettaland, for the sacrilege about BeelzeLombardi, but I can only go what I see in the present.

1: 8 mil/year is CHEAP for Kruger.  He's only twenty six!  I've heard some valid questions about him.  He was "quiet" for one of the playoff games, and all but 1.5 of his sacks came with Terrell Suggs on the other side.  It's true.  And what did Suggs himself do when he returned?

Kruger has just emerged, and still has a little upside left.  He's not going to turn into Lawrence Taylor, but he's not being paid like he is.

2: Desmond Bryant is a stud, and makes a very promising 3-man/hybrid front probably the best in the NFL.  It also sets up a trade possibility.  As Joe Banner said, they do NOT have too many; you need six because they get tired.  BUT trading Rubin and his 6 mil salary for a quarterback or a second round pick would certainly be doable.

3: Re-signing Norwood and Obg...Ob...Obie the running back shows me that these guys are smarter than those they replaced.  Norwood, when injuries forced him into the slot for an extended period in 2011, instantly became McCoy's most reliable target.  He got open, never dropped anything, and made extra yards.  Then he was benched, and never heard from again.

Everybody raves about Benjamin's speed, but Norwood is almost as fast, and much more solidly built.  He could play outside, but isn't nearly as effective there as from the slot.  I only mentioned the outside part because he is valid depth.

Shurmer studiously ignored him in favor of the flashier Benjamin--to Weeden's detriment.  These guys don't care if you were an undrafted free agent.  If you can play, they want you.

Obi was the defacto third down back last season, for good reason.  He's an ex-wide reciever.  He's much bigger than most third down backs, and not as fast as most, but he gets open, he catches, and he BLOCKS.  He averages 4.5 YPC and is great depth.

I've been waiting a long time for somebody who would stop kicking some of this team's best players to the curb because they weren't drafted, or simply because the coach is a blockhead.

Blockhead: You draft a shotgun gunslinger and jam him into a West Coast system that's even more complex than Bill Walsh's version.  You saw how Chud changed things for Cam Newton, watched real-time as the Shanahans did the same for RG3 and Seattle for Wilson, and even as Arians tweaked things in Indi to exploit Luck's mobility, and ignored it all.

You don't even spoon feed Weeden the offense.  No, he gets the whole playbook from day one!  You don't change anything.

Blockhead: Ditto Chris Palmer with Tim Couch.

Oh, but here's more on Shurmer: You run a running back with broken ribs into the ground when his backup is averaging a whole yard-per-carry more than he is.  Actually, that's both  backups.

But I digress.  Okbye.