Lol no he didn't. He brought in the right guys talent wise they just aren't executing. It can't all be on management. It's not like anyone was criticizing the moves in the summer.
FA additions are not about talent only. It's projecting fit, having guys who will meld in the locker room, estimating which guys love the game enough to perform when they're paid well, etc. It's also why so many teams whiff on adding veteran players through FA.
I see nothing but blame of Wade Phillips here. Which is to be expected, since coordinators are always getting the axe for production. But rarely do fans consider whether the coordinator was set up to fail. Truth is we don't know to what extent Wade signed off on any of those additions. Or whether he was high on any of them. But fans don't seem to have a problem blaming him, when the stacking of the roster is in the GM's lane.
I doubt Snead did everything in a vacuum. But he as the GM is still responsible for roster quality and it's pretty clear this roster on defense is the opposite of that of the offense in that it's full of dudes who don't fit for what they're expected to be doing.
Lots of roster level mistakes...
Electing to extend Joyner via the tag because it was cheap and assuming he would come on strong in year two in this system. But there was a reason, clearly, that Williams had him only as a nickel CB, and it's because his instincts suck.
Signing Suh in FA to be a nose tackle knowing he's an aging vet who hadn't performed up to his contract with the Dolphins. Then ponying up $14M for him and finding out during the regular season that he can't hold his lane without ending up out of most run plays.
Giving up a 2nd round pick for Peters, who doesn't give a flying F about what the call is judging from his half-@$$ efforts and insistence on sitting on the QB's eyes in the hopes he'll get more INTs.
Keeping Easley around on the roster like he's some sort of answer even though he can't get off the trainer's table. We were crackin jokes about how long he'd last in preseason, and lo and behold it sure didn't take long.
Assuming Barron is going to magically not be Barron, a convenient direction to go in given that he was still due a big cap hit this season. Keeping him around I get. But you still gotta consider that position a hole in your roster.
Assuming they'd strike gold with Shields, who in his heyday was a good cover guy that couldn't tackle for $#!T. Well now he's a subpar cover guy who can't tackle for $#!T.
IMO while all this mud's being flung at Phillips, who is a hall of fame DC, maybe we should reserve a handful or two for Les Snead. I love the dude and I know he gave it a good effort to aggressively fill needs, but most of the moves on defense were indeed whiffs and now it needs to be fixed. It's a damn mess.
