"If you listen to fans, you'll be sitting up there with them". Buddy Ryan

"If you listen to fans, you'll be sitting up there with them". Buddy Ryan

Buddy Ryan was a career .500 head coach in the regular season and lost every playoff game as head coach.

It has been widely reported that Mickey Loomis was prepared to trade Sean Payton to the Dallas Cowboys several years ago, but at time he was also managing the Pelicans and had to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers as he could not afford to keep Davis long term. So, Loomis pulled the Payton trade because he thought the PR hit would be too big from shipping away Davis and Payton in the same offseason. This would seem to contradict the idea that we as fans shouldn't even bother having opinions because management is not concerned. In fact it shows the opposite, that management is so concerned with our opinions that they are trying to guess what those opinions will be in advance. The thing is, one fans opinion won't do much alone, we have to convince others, because teams are worried about what the majority of the fan base will think. At least Loomis definitely is. So as we all share out opinions here its like a massive arena battle for which opinions will become popular, and those opinions will affect decision makers, either forcing them to go along or to go away. I am fighting the long fight with my opinions, and if the results don't change from what we have seen the last two years, they will eventually affect the decisions or who makes them.

Yes but you need balance too. You can't trade away too many picks or you won't hit on enough talent no matter who you pick. Also certain positions are much easier to fill from free agency or udfa than others. Its not so uncommon that an udfa turns into a star RB but its very uncommon at QB. You can get a running back in free agency also who can be quite good and at a discount. Backup QBs in free agency are a dime a dozen so drafting a QB who doesn't have an elite starter ceiling is kind of pointless. You can even find edge rushers cheap in free agency when they have proven they have some inconsistency, like Clowney, much better than you tend to be able to find on oline. It seems really hard to find useful affordable oline in free agency or from UDFA so I think its a key position to invest a combination or 1st and middle round picks to have youth and depth. Most of the best tight ends of all time are middle round picks so ever spending a 1st rounder there is stupid, its only really worked about once a decade across the entire NFL, if that. In general I think the 1st round you go QB, OT, CB, WR, LB, DL because those are high value positions you can sometimes predict. Mid rounds you can continue to add any position but focus on a lot of oline where its hard to get depth, and only draft QBs you feel could start one day. Don't waste mid round picks on kickers, punters, or short backup QBs to sit behind your starter who you financially can't move on from for 5 years. If your team has weaknesses at OG, S, TE, or RB those are prime positions to draft in the mid rounds, so trade back and acquire extra mid round picks.

Yes but you need balance too. You can't trade away too many picks or you won't hit on enough talent no matter who you pick. Also certain positions are much easier to fill from free agency or udfa than others. Its not so uncommon that an udfa turns into a star RB but its very uncommon at QB. You can get a running back in free agency also who can be quite good and at a discount. Backup QBs in free agency are a dime a dozen so drafting a QB who doesn't have an elite starter ceiling is kind of pointless. You can even find edge rushers cheap in free agency when they have proven they have some inconsistency, like Clowney, much better than you tend to be able to find on oline. It seems really hard to find useful affordable oline in free agency or from UDFA so I think its a key position to invest a combination or 1st and middle round picks to have youth and depth. Most of the best tight ends of all time are middle round picks so ever spending a 1st rounder there is stupid, its only really worked about once a decade across the entire NFL, if that. In general I think the 1st round you go QB, OT, CB, WR, LB, DL because those are high value positions you can sometimes predict. Mid rounds you can continue to add any position but focus on a lot of oline where its hard to get depth, and only draft QBs you feel could start one day. Don't waste mid round picks on kickers, punters, or short backup QBs to sit behind your starter who you financially can't move on from for 5 years. If your team has weaknesses at OG, S, TE, or RB those are prime positions to draft in the mid rounds, so trade back and acquire extra mid round picks.

But knew a helluva lot more than the “average” sports fan.

I won’t pretend to know how the cap, drafting and evaluation works at the NFL level. I”ll leave that to the millionaires (Loomis, Hartley, coaches) to stress over.

Criticizing every move Loomis and the front office makes isn’t worth my time.

Paradoxically this appears to be both the purpose and bane of Bako's existence.

Without question Loomis lives in Bako’s head rent free!

Does Coby Fleener , aka "Fleecer" blow a little opining in your argument?