*What is Philly Doing?

[manicmav36]

Sure the first trade might be bad in hindsight, but I don't see what there is to hate. We'll absolutely be a run first team for a couple of season while Falconi develops, so why not grab a fantastic young fullback to support the run game for a long time?

Your criticism of the second trade however, I fully disagree with. For one, you're relying on a "What if Bly leaves?" to support your argument which is kinda bogus. Bly wanted out of COL, which is completely understandable after Daybe and general mismanagement by their front office. I'm pretty sure anyone would want out of COL. Bly is coming in as easily the best DB we have right now, hell, he'll be the entire defense's leader. For a needy defense, Bly is a huge steal for us and will be essential in potentially making a run down the line. But, Bly's value for us is for something completely different; acquiring FAs. The process in of itself is a way for us to get better players and to win. We do this by tanking, and building a young core, but how do you expect Philly to sign big name FAs after missing out last season with Fyodovich and others? Well, we need to either constantly be improving or be looking like a team that can win with the help of a big name free agent. Bly along with our other acquisitions from our last two drafts, will absolutely give us wins, and I see us as a fringe playoff team this year. All of this with growth from our incredible young core, we'd need just one big name FA to be legit contenders. I'm not sure what free agency is looking like next year, but if we can get just one high earner, then Philly is suddenly looking like a great team. All of this comes back to the acquisition of a 975 TPE Bly to prime us for becoming a destination team.

There's a few holes in your argument as it stands. First off, if you're building a team from the ground up, why use a first round pick on a fullback? Yes, the position is helpful to the run game but, fullback is absolutely a luxury position. Why fill a luxury position in the first round when you could've taken someone like Tryoski or Hobbs to help shore-up much more valuabe positions in your secondary for many seasons to come?

Next, a big reason Bly left is because he was sick of losing. Obviously I don't want to speak for him, but going to a team that just went 0-14 last season is magnitudes worse than a teams that just finished 2nd in the NSFC.

Lastly, you say that Philly is a fringe payoff team. Outside of S1, I'm not sure a team with a rookie QB has ever made the playoffs, and if they did, it was because of a well established team around that QB. Philly doesn't have that. Do I think that Philly will be good in a couple seasons? Absolutely. This season though? Not so much.