Your concerns are reasonable.. and to me.. it's a matter of the glass is half full or half empty.. our problem was the cap. We just couldn't sign or resign people we wanted to. The star we lost was really Cofield.. and the FO believes we have to young stud DTs in waiting... and Canty better perform or he's gone next season.. matter of fact if those 2 young DTs perform as expected, he's gone anyway...
Smith? We (I know I did) wrote him off for this season anyway.. correct me if im wrong but wasn't he a rookie when we won the SB? and we do have WRs who can step up...Boss was a middle of the pack TE whom we couldn't pay as much as Oakland (who always overpays) paid him. And by no means the roster is finalized... I really don't think think Boss is better than Bear Pascoe.. with more reps, he may turn out to be even better...
That being said.. it all came down to our cap situation... our FO didn't mismanage the cap, we just have some very solid players already.. and we're built for the long haul. Reese has had a very good record since he took over... and for that alone we should cut him some slack.