After a pretty solid 2012 season that saw the Red Rockets finish 8-6 and just barely miss out on the playoffs due to a divisional tiebreaker, owner John Gallimore has decided to take a very different approach heading into the 2013 season. Seeing how far off he was from the elite teams in the league he decided to blow the whole thing up this offseason, gone is franchise anchor and league superstar Julio Jones (traded for the 1.01), as well as young stud in the making Randall Cobb (shipped out for the 1.04), other solid players shipped out include QB Matt Ryan, HB Ryan Mathews, HB Benjarvus Green-Ellis, and WR Jordy Nelson in fact the only players returning from the 2012 starting line up are WR Torrey Smith and HB Ahmad Bradshaw. While this is by all accounts a weak draft it's still not a terrible strategy by Mr. Gallimore (maybe he's taken a bit of an extreme approach), if he can draft well and come out with a stud or two and some other role players (HB2, WR2 types) in three years he could be primed to compete for titles while also boasting one of the youngest rosters in the league. While I would've probably kept Julio to build around he's just a franchise receiver (top 4 easily) not a franchise runningback so he is easier to replace and if John feels Eddie Lacy will provide HB1 numbers in the future then that is a solid trade for him. This strategy as a whole is all what the Red Rockets make of it if they can draft well and exercise patience with their young roster three seasons are so down the road they could be ready to be a truly dominate team in this league. One thing is for sure the Red Rockets are on the clock...
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