so get to the Superbowl and beat the Eagles hurray !
next offseason keep all the same coaches, except dump my 73 lb coach for Bruschi (better potential)
dump/trade everyone that i think is non essential (end result is cap penalty in year 3 is 27M but i still have a job and few ppl on bonuses that i would get rid of
draft is interesting, i try and trade every non essential player to trade up, getting anything for them is a bonus compared to release with nothing
manage to get pick 4, trade down to 8 accumulating picks. get Reno
trade up with players and get Foley
(already have Mack Jackson)
multiple trades of players and trading down means i end up with 19 rookies drafted added to a roster of 30. the real bonus is extra 1st and 2 extra 2nd for 2011.
next is the 5 undrafted, and the training camp invites ...
then trade next years 1sts and 2 2nd picks for mangold and 3 other solid OL, all with 4+ years left on contract, all under 26, all with high durability, learning, awareness and skills (or higher progression)
as i traded those OL towards end of camp their play knowledge is low so they wont play till week 6 earliest. now i have a solid qb who is being game manager while he develops, relying on heavy package run game, 2 fbs, 3 te, 4 wrs. an oline that will only get better.
on defence i have some reasonable des plus lopez and moore at dt. however at lb i have knox/jackson/foley/bomani with 2 solid back up urlacher type mlbs and joey porter and buffalo rolb.
last season knox had 29 sacks, jackson 19, porter 15. this lot so far after game 3 (2-1) are likely to beat that