Mike Shanahan

[celts32]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Bolded point: You need to define these parameters, or we're discussing a point based on blind faith.

Underlined point: That happens to be true of the 2009 team that Shanahan inherited as well. Luck didn't just become a significant part of football when Mike Shanahan started stringing together 10 loss seasons.

Here's the thing: we're right back to where we were at the start of the Mike Shanahan era. We don't have a lot of 25 and under talent compared to other teams, but we more or less replaced what we lost over the last two years, having done so through the draft. We're still a losing team with limited proven talent to build a foundation on. Stability is nice, but it doesn't do anything to ensure that 2012 won't be a repeat of 2010. Better talent evaluation and game preparedness does.

Shanahan is getting a second chance to get it right and turn the roster into a winner, but the fundamentals are identical to the roster he took over. The biggest difference is that he has to deal with critical expiring contracts that he didn't have in 2010.

It is evident that they are trying to build through the draft as opposed to big name free agents as they have done in the past. They now have 30 mil in cap space instead of the old meathod of gaurenteeing the contracts of old players just to get under the cap. This football team is run 1000 times better then it was 2 years ago. As far as the talent...I don't know what you see but i see a bunch of young players that have been added through the draft and free agency the past couple years. I don't have age stats in front of me but there is no significant money tied up in any players over 30 years old which used to be the norm. There has been a total and complete change in the way this football team operates. But as i have said it is not going to show up in the win/loss collumn until they get a quality NFL QB. But if you just want to hang your hat on the record and tell me there's no progress, then be my guest. One question though...How many games would the Pats or Giants have won this year without Brady & Manning? In my opinion they both probably would have looked a lot like the Redskins...