I think that we have had generally improving results on the field and in the draft room the last few years. I remember Smith giving an interview this spring about how much easier it is to make a draft day trade now that he knows the other GMs and is a little calmer/knows what to expect on draft day.
Basically, we had a 1st time GM and 1st time head coach partnering up and scattered results. They appear to have figured it out to some degree now.
As for Kubs not getting a competent DC for so long, that is concerning. It blows my mind how some really good football minds can be so clueless on the other side of the ball (Andy Reid comes to mind). Other guys never figured it out but lucked into/inherited great other side of the ball guys (Dungy and Moore, Reid and Johnson, Gruden and Dungy's defensive system). As long as Wade sticks around we are safe, but I wonder what will happen in a few years when we need to replace Wade. If Reggie Herring is not our next DC (and turns out to be a good one), then I have no confidence that we can go outside of our coaching tree and hire a guy cold.
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