by piratepride » Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:09 am
Nobody really talks about this, but usually new coaches blow shit up and bring in their own people...like everybody.... coaches, QB's, players...restructure contracts...but not Gruden.
Gruden could have wacked everyone, but decided to work with what Reggie had in place and our current cap situation. He inherited a limited cap number but worked with what he had instead of going after 1 or two top guys.
If we got to play GM for a day most of us would have done the same thing considering the numerous holes we had. This is where Reggie jacked us....but Gruden helped him out by rolling up his sleeves watching a shit ton of film and bringing in guys that will be contributors right now.
He quietly brought in the Dallas special teams coordinator who in turn, brought his two special teams aces for pennies.
The Melvin signing at cornerback could be a huge one. This dude waa the best player on the Colts defense last year, and the comments from all the Colts fans on profootballtalk.com prove this. They are PISSED they couldn't or wouldn't match what we signed him for.
Tahir Whitead is going to be a major contributor. He's what all of us see from every other team week in and week out...see ball...get ball..plain and simple. Our guys seemed lost or in the wrong position too often.
Gruden is already proven his worth IMO. I think he made the right call on Beastmode also, how many other backs are better than him right now? Maybe 5 or 6, but behind our healthy line and a commitment to run, he should have better numbers this year.