seanmatt":2hakf4bi said:
2014- 12-4 lost the Super Bowl
2015- 10-6- Lost in the Divisional Round
2016- 10-5-1 Lost in the Divisional Round
2017- 9-7 No playoofs
2018- 10-5 Lost in WIldcard Round
That is a downward trajectory. Then take in the terrible moves this team has made since then. Jimmy Graham trade. Sheldon Richardson one year rental. Malik Mcdowell. Resigning Kam. Letting Earl walk for no compensation. Cutting Sherman instead of trading him to get something. Trading Bennet for pennies. Penny. And look at the team now. Barely any draft capital. Holes all over the place. This team was better last year than in 2017 but that was a mirage. But hey, they did good stuff 5 years ago so we should be happy, right?
Its not realistic to assume 12-4 and super bowl every year as an expectation.
Not one team hasnt made tough decisions like the ones you criticized above... while leaving out many positive decisions as well.
Its flat irratuonal to expect the team to continue the sort of success in the way they did in 2013 and 14 for multiple years.
Considering what they have accomplished, id say leadership has done fine. In gindsight could they have done a few things different, yeah of course.
But 5 playoff years and 10 win seasons since a super bowl loss is better than every nfl team except one. And that team does not deal with the mitigating factor of paying a qb.