*Should We Expand (Hint: Yes)

[manicmav36]

The 2-3 actives is basically a number you personally have decided on and championed for quite some time now and doesn't actually have any foundation. That said, I removed S22 from the equation and checked S23 onward. Each class exceeds even the figure of 35. S23 is the only one under 40 even. 

Your claim that we're already falling behind is based on dooming a class who hasn't been drafted yet, this time. You have of course had several claims that we're falling behind ahead of every expansion except for the one that happened after we nearly doubled the size of the league. Even that was grudging as I recall. 

The simple fact is you make this case every single time and I cant remember when you've been right yet.

The 2-3 actives isn't just a number pulled from the clouds. When looking at the number of players that retire or go IA or semi IA, each team easily covers 2. I implore you to look at rosters.

When it comes to the class I'm "dooming", far from it. My point was, we've relied on r/NFL classes to inflate our class average size. When that can no longer be relied upon, serious questions must be raised. The simple matter is, this class is half the size of our last few r/NFL classes.

As for your claim about me being against every expansion except one, that's a revisionist history at best.
Expansion to 8 teams (Philly/LV): Not even sure I had created a player yet. Clearly not against it.
Expansion to 10 teams (Chicago/Austin): I was a member of the HO that pushed for and approved the expansion.
Expansion to 12 teams (Sarasota/Honolulu): I was, yet again, a member of HO that voted to approve expansion, although at that time, I would have preferred we waited another season.
Expansion to 14 teams (Berlin/NY): Little known fact, I was the tie-breaking vote on selecting one of the expansion franchises.  So... yeah.