Buccaneers’ Free Agent Decision Report: Gosder Cherilus
The Decision
Dirk Koetter was the perfect coach to lead this football team. Did he make mistakes? Sure he did. What first-year head coach doesn’t? He will get better. But what he did right was keep this team moving forward despite a lot of adversity. They faced a lot of injuries, but held things together to finish 9-7 and come that close to ending their playoff drought. Give Dirk a lot of credit there.
Why do I bring this up now? Because we need to look at Koetter’s instincts here. After Lovie started Cherilus in 2015, it was a different story in 2016. Cherilus found his way to the bench, starting only three games as we previously mentioned. Dirk made the call, and we saw a little glimpse into the reasons on that dark night against Dallas. Let’s not mince words. He was bad. He didn’t belong on the football field.
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The bottom line is this. In the debate on quality versus quantity, the choice is quality. I completely agree with Yarcho on this one.
DECISION: LET CHERILUS WALK
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