dougthonus wrote:I didn't trash Poles. I just said the majority of what he has done that you are really excited about wasn't by his plan. It wasn't. He got insanely lucky with the the moves that really moved the needle. I'm not sure he's done a great job of replacing 48 players on the roster either.
I don't think he got lucky in taking an old and expensive team and turning it into one of the younger, higher upside teams in the league. That was obviously his plan for the get-go and was true before they "lucked" into the #1 pick. They finished 5-3 last year without Caleb and would have had 2 high first rounders this year even if the Panthers weren't the worst team in the league.
He rebuilt the secondary, linebacking corps, and WR room. All of those move the needle, you choose to over-focus on the areas he hasn't completely turned around (Dline) and chalk everything else up to "luck". The Oline is up for debate and this is a big year for that group to prove it. The best part is that we have a 1st and 2 2nds next year to add to both lines.