This Mess Is Webster's Creation

We all seem to love to argue about what we think are the mean issues with our team. However, one thing that I think we SHOULD all agree on is: This mess that we have seen on the field for the last 3 week is all the creation of the great mind running this franchise, GM Ruston Webster.

Webster's career has been loaded with questionable decisions to put it nicely. Let's start with his drafts. I will not go through and list all the players he picked and how they are doing. I will ask, Can you think of a Webster pick that has made a big contribution other than Casey? I personally have a really hard time thinking of a player Webster has picked that I would say, Man we do not need to let that guy get away. Casey is the lone exception in my opinion.
Another issue I have with Webster's drafts. We have picked players based on what he thought was BPA. Doing this often overlooks the largest area of team need. In recent years we have seen pass rush being completely overlooked. IMO this has been an area that I would have LOVED to have seen addressed possibly even with our 1st pick. I would even understand reaching for a pass rusher as bad as our pass rush has been. CB is an area that I would of rather seen us address at 11 this year rather than take a guy to ride the bench based on Webster's idea of BPA. Denard or Gilbert would certainly be an upgrade over what we have put on the field this year.
This brings up our Scouts. Each year we see our team pick players that I must say I scratch my head over. There will be a guy there for the taking that even the analyst will say, hey this guy is a sure thing TN is gonna take him. Yet we end up taking someone that they don't even have a highlight reel to show during the commentator's discussion of the pick. I am sure you may find a gem once in a lifetime, but we have not seen this yet.
The question I ask myself a lot: Does Webster's loyalty to a player get in the way of the team winning? The Jake Locker experiment this year comes to mind. I am sure the interviews for a coach including making Jake a franchise QB (Which I do not believe is possible). It seems like we took a back up QB with no other reason in mind other than him helping Jake. I would have rather had a guy to push Jake to be better in addition to helping him.
Webster seems to consistently put mentally weak players on the field. We see each year that the young players we have picked in later rounds as developmental players are not much more than roster fillers. I am ready for a new era. I am ready for "Status Quo" to not REALLY be good enough. Tommy Smith has said that he will not tolerate the status quo any longer. I hope he really means this. I hope that we see this IN ACTION.
Our QB situation is a mess. With all of the other faults Webster has put on display as GM if he does not KNOW by the end of this season if Mett can be (I am not saying he is) the franchise QB. He should be fired. Going through this season without finding out exactly who can and can't be the guy to lead us at QB would be a HUGE mistake. We MUST know before FA & the 2015 draft!

 

I agree a good QB will make a huge difference. However, there just isn't a QB coming out this year that is a sure thing Franchise QB in my opinion. I could be very wrong as I am very jaded on college QBs making the leap. Maybe its there and I just do not see it. However, at this point if we picked tomorrow I would be more interested in the best pass rusher available, then the best QB. A good pass rush takes a huge amount of pressure off the 2ndary. Hopefully that great pass rusher is a LB adequate in coverage. We have so many holes on defense that we will need an outstanding FA & draft just to be good. Hopefully we can pick up a good CB in FA

 

I get carried away when ranting after a game like this. LOL. Sorry.

 

Especially after 3 blow out games!

 

Thanks for the input I will work on condensing it. LOL

 

The vikes got a steal in Brdgewater.