My theory to explain the moves made by gettleman...
1. Gettleman comes in and Mara mandates that we make one last run with Eli, partly because of the way Mcadoo handled the benching etc. I’m sure Gettleman wanted to rebuild, but Mara says go for it. So we sign Odell long term (thinking if he’s franchised that it’ll be a distraction that will hurt our chances of making a run) sign Solder, and take Barkley, thinking that having Solder and a star RB like Barkley will help the offensive line enough.
2. We start the year and get the crap beaten out of us. As we are getting out of it, we trade Eli Apple and Snacks, as we know we need cap space and assets (picks) going forward
3. Odell pulls more crap during the year, further pissing off Shurmur and Gettleman. This makes him expendable, as his character seems to overshadow his talent.
4. After last season, Gettleman convinces Mara that we need to rebuild and we’re far away from contending. Gettleman is in asset collecting mode, and wants to clean house of all the Jerry Reese/big money contracts.
To me this is the only timeline that makes sense. Now we see what they do with Eli, and how we address our future including the QB.
I believe Mara had a long talk with OBJ just prior to that contract. OBJ said what Mara wanted to hear and then got paid. Afterward OBJ just did what OBJ wishes to do...
In hindsight yes(ok yes maybe a little foresight too). But they had to sign him for multiple reasons considering the distraction he would have become, fan unrest, etc.
Foresight is, he's moving to a tough hitting division. If there are any teams more know for their cheap shots in the league than the three others in that division I don't know of any. Beckham better be wary over the middle.
Gettleman was hired to be GM. Are you implying that this mandate came to him after he was hired? Don't you think this would have been covered in great detail during the hiring process?
Gettleman had to be onboard with the strategy they employed the first year, if not completely responsible for it.
Harvest Blend : 10:33 am : link : reply
in me tells me Mara is getting out of the way. This is finally Gettleman's team to run now and we're watching it play out in front of our eyes.
IMO, so far, so good.
Period
Sometimes sacrifices have to be made. You slash and burn before you plant a new field, after the old one goes
Barren .