Just asking, how do you figure that? As I posted above, he used an abundance of 7th round picks, but few high picks on OL over his 11 yrs. As for free agents, the Tait signing was a very good player in his prime, but Brown and Miller were older stop gap types and Garza was Slausen-esque. Beyond that signing Qaisim Mitchells and Omiyales is hardly investing in the position.
12 top 4 rd picks at DL vs 6 at OL, not to mention Peppers with the biggest contract in team history outside of JC's.
JA used 8% of his non 7th round draft picks on a position group that occupies 23% of the 22 primary positions, how much less would he have to do for you to consider his approach to OL value neglectful?
This is when we had access to the CBMB archives. I spent way too long looking into the numbers on this a few times.
But if you look at the numbers you listed before, 2004 and 2005 were the years he brought in the free agents that would make up the Super Bowl line. He should have invested in some mid-rounders at the same time, but he didn't. I think that was the biggest problem with his approach.
'07 was when the line started to fall apart. That's why you see more picks following the Super Bowl. The number and value of the picks during that era is higher than the NFL average (and I ran those numbers once, it was a pain in the ass).
At the same time, free agents were being brought in. After the Super Bowl line that included Brown, Miller, Tait and Garza (all free agents), he brought in Pace, Omiyale and Chris Spencer. Those guys were expensive. It was a waste of money, but he was still spending on that group. Again, it's ineptitude, not lack of effort.
If you look at his first round picks, you've got 3 OL, 2 DL, 1 WR, 1 TE, 1 QB and 1 RB. Not only did the OL receive more first-round picks than any other position group, but the entire defense only got two first-round picks the entire time he was here.
He selected 14 o-linemen while making 89 picks. That's 16%. If a team carries 8 linemen, that's 15% of the roster. If they carry 9 linemen, that's 17% percent of the roster. The percentage of picks is perfectly in line with the percentage of the roster.
So the percentage of picks is where it should be, he used more first-rounders at the position than anywhere else and he put more effort into that group in free agency than any other. The effort was there.
Most o-lines in the league have a pretty even split between early, mid and late round picks (I had the numbers on that too, I wish those archives were available). His use of first-rounders and late-rounders was higher than average. In terms of his approach, the mistake he made was neglecting the mid-rounds, especially from '03 to '06. That's the only fault I have with the approach.
But his biggest problem was talent and injury evaluation. He spent a lot in free agency, but it was wasted. He spent three first-roudners, but they were all injured. His mid and late round guys didn't pan out. That's shitiness, not laziness.
....Where did you find the redhead blowing his brains out?......