you know like kc, dude like their whole o-line will be gone in the next couple of years and it effect them.i'm thinking the ravens will suck in a few years because of it.Ray lewis, jon ogden,trevor pryce,samari rolle,their o line, will all retire within two-three yrs of each other. Who else?
2007-04-19 06:02:07 · 8 answers · asked by moe 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Baltimore won't be in too much trouble as Ozzie Newsome is one of the better GMs in the NFL when it comes to constantly building the team through the draft. KC lost T Willie Roaf last year and still made the playoffs. They lost G Will Shields this year. I think that they'll be OK despite the fact that I think that their GM is a moron.
Actually, the team that strikes me as being in trouble will be the Patriots when one Bill Belichick retires as well as LB Tedy Bruschi and S Rodney Harrison. I don't care how good Tom Brady actually is or how good people think he is, he doesn't play defense and he doesn't develop the game plans. Without those three, the Pats are stick-a-fork-in-'em done.
2007-04-19 07:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by frankmoore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Chiefs are going to be hurt the most by retirement in the next 2-3 years. Like you mentioned, their o-line is already being dismantled by retirement - Roaf last year, Shileds this year. Most of their line thats left, including back ups) has 8+ years in the league, Casey Weigmann (C) leads that group with 12. They also have an old secondary with Ty Law, Greg Wesley and Patrick Surtain - those guys don't have many years left. The other parts of their secondary just aren't very good. If they don't stop running LJ like they do he's gonna burn out in the next 2-3 years also, which will be about the time Gonzales will be done playing. At that point, without a couple great drafts and some excellent free agent pickups, the Chiefs will have just become the Detroit Lions.
2007-04-19 16:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by DoReidos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New England Patriots offensive and defensive lines come to mind, Bruschi, Vrbael, Seau, Harrison. What makes this meaningful is these are the guys that have been the glue for the team since forever (except Seau).
2007-04-19 13:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One team you omitted is New England. They have a team full of 30 somethings. Vrabel, Bruschi, Harrison, etc.
Kansas City is going to be screwed, so they may consider drafting O-Line on the first day.
2007-04-19 15:56:52 · answer #4 · answered by Quiet Storm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mass retirements just won't happen. Why? Because people don't want to give up their little kingdoms and hand them over to someone else. People are very selfish about their careers and reputations, so will hang in as long as thy can and then convert to a similar consulting job. Best wishes
2007-04-19 13:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by tylernmi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a good question
and i don't really know
i can think of a lot of teams with a lot of older guys
-the Dolphins come to mind (on D at least)
but whether some of these teams i'm thinking of will suffer...i don't know about
the Ravens usually do a really good job of replacing guys they lose with other talented young guys
so i don't know how much they'll actually suffer
sorry, can't really answer your question....but it's a good one
makes me think
2007-04-19 13:17:39 · answer #6 · answered by retired 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the Raiders, they seem to sign all the old washed up free agents.
2007-04-19 15:18:08 · answer #7 · answered by Polamalu is God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the US will be in big trouble as all those accounting games they have been playing for years... it will be time to pay the piper.
2007-04-19 13:05:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋