every pick of Pioli’s is suppose to be a home run, otherwise he’s an idiot that doesn’t know what he is doing,

agreed, just like Stanzi I think they knew both would be projects and probably wouldnt see the field much if at all last year, I’m willing to give him a couple years before I say he’s a bust

We’re in the base 3-4 on maybe 50% of our snaps. The rest of the time we were in (for the most part) a “2 down linemen” formation that consisted of Bailey and Gilberry with their hands on the ground and Houston/Hali standing and rushing.

So where does Powe come in? Dorsey, T-Jax, and Gregg are able to play the vast majority of base 3-4 snaps because they get subbed out anyways for our “pass rush” formations, and the few snaps they needed a breather we had Gordon, who could sub in for all three positions (something I’m guessing Powe cannot do).

So where does the PT come from for a rook like Powe? He’s not gonna unseat Gregg as our primary NT, and he can’t sub in at multiple positions like Gordon.

These issues could have had just as much to do with his lack of PT as “work ethic” issues, which we hadn’t heard about at all until a random, anonymous source from PFW. I’ll withhold judgment until I see what we do for NT this offseason. With Crennel at HC now he’ll have more sway with who we go after. If we ignore NT, or use only a “band-aid” for it again (ala Gregg or a similar player), that would be an indication that RAC thinks Powe is the long term answer.

Especially the part about trusting RAC to play guys who are ready, rather than for “favoritism” reasons

Last I checked it’s Pioli that makes the cuts and if he knew Haley was on his way out anyway why would he let go of a good player because the coach he was going to can wanted him gone?