jive
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Once again, Pace dropped a proven and productive player for little or nothing in order to pay more for a lesser player with little track record.
Cutler was no superstar, but he was miles ahead of Glennon in terms of talent. Glennon had never shown to be a good QB in his career, and yet he got paid more than Cutler only to stink it up worse than Jay ever did. And the rub was that Pace was planning on selling the farm to make sure he got the QB he wanted in the draft anyway.
History repeats itself with Howard. Howard was a productive running back for his entire career, and yet he was traded for a mere 6th round pick. He had a very affordable contract, but Pace decided to pay a career backup more money. And once again, he traded draft capital to move up to get his guy. There was plenty of mid-round RB talent this year, but Pace still felt he needed to hedge his bets with Davis. Now, while Howard is helping his team that runs a similar offense win, Mike Davis rides the pine. At this point, Davis is worth more if he's cut from the team so that they have a better chance at getting a compensatory pick. Maybe give Nall or Whyte some reps to develop, since at this point they barely have less playing time than Davis does.
I still like Pace, and think he has done some positive things. However, he needs to quit hedging his draft bets by signing overpriced and unproven free agents over proven guys that are already on your roster that are cheaper. If you're gonna trade up to get your guy anyway, then why bother wasting roster and cap space on another team's cast-off? I think Pace can and does learn from his mistakes, so I hope he quits this foolishness.
Cutler was no superstar, but he was miles ahead of Glennon in terms of talent. Glennon had never shown to be a good QB in his career, and yet he got paid more than Cutler only to stink it up worse than Jay ever did. And the rub was that Pace was planning on selling the farm to make sure he got the QB he wanted in the draft anyway.
History repeats itself with Howard. Howard was a productive running back for his entire career, and yet he was traded for a mere 6th round pick. He had a very affordable contract, but Pace decided to pay a career backup more money. And once again, he traded draft capital to move up to get his guy. There was plenty of mid-round RB talent this year, but Pace still felt he needed to hedge his bets with Davis. Now, while Howard is helping his team that runs a similar offense win, Mike Davis rides the pine. At this point, Davis is worth more if he's cut from the team so that they have a better chance at getting a compensatory pick. Maybe give Nall or Whyte some reps to develop, since at this point they barely have less playing time than Davis does.
I still like Pace, and think he has done some positive things. However, he needs to quit hedging his draft bets by signing overpriced and unproven free agents over proven guys that are already on your roster that are cheaper. If you're gonna trade up to get your guy anyway, then why bother wasting roster and cap space on another team's cast-off? I think Pace can and does learn from his mistakes, so I hope he quits this foolishness.