Fine, keep him in the NFC. Gronk's better, but Gronk doesn't cover the opposing tight end. Doesn't cancel him out. You know exactly what's in Carroll's mind - my short QB can now throw in the red zone without that Butler pick happening d%#*!@t.
Still early in free agency. Big names are going elsewhere. This is familiar, and doesn't really panic me. Now that Revis is gone, I'm back in "In Bill We Trust" mode. What we can do on D has changed. We'll see how it comes together as the offseason progresses. So far it looks like emphasis on front seven, barring some incredible step up in the secondary.
Would love to see Butler emerge - that's on my "wouldn't it be cool if..." thoughts.
As for the Seahawks, we'll see how they are next year. The skill players are looking good, the line is weaker, ho-hum. In terms of pointing fingers about what happened in FA... so far we're sort of living in a glass house from that POV. Of course, we always are at this point in the off-season. OMG everybody looks 10 feet tall... but somehow, we're always there at/near the end.