He’s the only true problem with the team right now. I threw some blame at TF but when I look at it he did his job. He brought in players from free agency that have been making an impact for our defense. When u look at our defense the top performers, even if we exclude bates, were TF pickups. Besides aj terrell all of our drafted players have not produced well enough
And I used to believe TF had draft power but that clearly is AS. You can just tell by our draft picks who is choosing these guys. It’s like AS gets the front end of the draft and TF has to find 6 rounds and undrafted talent.
Then on top of that it’s has been AS decision to go with ridder. It has been decision to miss on parsons and to miss on a couple of lineman. Just to draft a wr to block in the first round. Just to lie to Pitts about you ability to get him the ball. Then u draft bijan and miss out on another baller for a tailback who runs like Saquan but you got him playing slot receiver.
Dude is looking like a football idiot. Especially since his run game ain’t working.
Are you sure Art has the most sway in drafts? Because I’d argue we’ve not even given Pitts a real chance to show he’s a bust. Art has made a concerted effort to involve Algeier and Jonnu more in this offense than who you are saying was his first big pick at 1:4 that he forced in the FO. For awhile he was using Bijan as a rotational piece that didn’t have full trust in the RZ. If we had a QB, we might be talking more about how London doesn’t get enough looks in favor of whatever journeyman wideout Art thinks plays hard or something.
The biggest issue is Art hasn’t and isn’t tailoring the offense to his personnel. He’s running the team his way, and it’s all a major swerve to what good coaches and teams do, which is adjust and maximize to what they’ve drafted/signed and have on hand. No QB but 3 top 8 weapon picks on rookie deals? Every play should be minimal read iso looks trying to put the ball in their hands. Force teams to stay wide through that so the run game Art loves so much is always reliable. But no, Art has an ego and an idea of what he wants to do, and it will cost him his job. Or us another year of dead end 6-8 win football, take your pick. But I don’t buy the draft strong arming because he’s used each one as if they are just another player equivalent to the rest of the offense that get regular snaps.