re: Miscalculations and talent evaluations have sent us in steep decline.

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Hicks has disappointed me for years. I've been vocal about that.

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I'm really beginning to believe it's not an issue with Hicks but an issue with Bill Johnson. John Jenkins is another underachieving DT too after flashing his rookie season. It has to be poor technique being taught because the issues are repetitive with various players. Until Johnson is gone, those problems will always be here. Look at Tim Johnson's & Tyrunn Walker’s success in their new places.

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I'm not ready to give up on Lelito.

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I am. One reason being is that pressure directly in Drew's face is detrimental to his play. Lelito is an issue. Secondly Payton hasn't been hesitant to replace inexperienced poor offensive linemen. He went away from DLP after one & a half seasons. Payton went away from Charles Brown even faster. He also went quickly away from vets like Kreutz & Goodwin after they stunk it up. Lastly, Lelito couldn't beat out an awful Goodwin at center last camp. How did anyone think he was a legitimate starter is beyond me.

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Evans is pushing the end. I thought Grubbs was better than him all along.

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Maybe. Both had issues & both should have been replaced. Should have taken whatever the Bills offered for Evans & traded him too.

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The Strief criticism is way over the top. Unless he aged 4 years since last week, I'm willing to let him have one bad game.

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I'm not going in on Strief. He was bad today but today wasn't the norm for him. I'm willing to chalk it up as one of those days were he had a matchup that he couldn't handle. Every player can have one of those days.