Given the contractual timelines, next year Mac will need to show, starting in the preseason, that:
1. He’s better than Zappe or whomever else joins the team (I am secretly hoping they draft Richardson from UF as a developmental guy);
2. He’s above average to the point where paying him $30 million isn’t a detriment to overall team building; and
3. He’s capable of further improvement.
That has to happen regardless of the coaching staff, OL, etc. Although those variables obviously give him a better chance of success.
1. He’s better than Zappe or whomever else joins the team (I am secretly hoping they draft Richardson from UF as a developmental guy);
2. He’s above average to the point where paying him $30 million isn’t a detriment to overall team building; and
3. He’s capable of further improvement.
That has to happen regardless of the coaching staff, OL, etc. Although those variables obviously give him a better chance of success.