Meh. He’s talking about this specific team not some imaginary future team. They can stand to lose the existing leaders (Lorax, DiMarco, Smith, Gore, etc) as far as talent goes.
once you have a core and culture it’s important to maintain, surely.
It’s interesting to me he used the word “leaders” and not “talent”. I think we are putting words in his mouth talking about the talented players only. It’s proven this guy loves old less talented leaders and puts a premium on these players. Sometimes to the detriment of talent.
The more I think about talent the more I think the greatest talent (best NFL players) were frequently not leaders. Many (most?) were self-centered guys with a tremendous amount of individualistic drive to be the best at their position.
How about just using these guys based on their strengths/talents as an easy first step? This OC designs plays as if the team is full of Pro Bowlers. In doing so he puts our avg talent in hard to succeed situations. And then guess what, they don’t or can’t execute the play!?!?
Neal seems to get a pass on the missed sack, he got there first if I recall. Then Milano came in and the double collision from opposite sides kept Watson upright rather than falling over had he got hit from only one side. Just a matters of physics not some supernatural strength by Watson.
So I vote missed block.