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8 of the starting defensive players in the Super Bowl are now gone.
2 on the offense.
Not sure what your point is?
Here's a comparison article from 2017 about year-to-year loss of starters. Just scroll through the teams. There's quite a bit of attrition for all the teams. That year - McVay's first - they had lost 7 offensive players and 3 defensive players from the year before. And the article uses a shorter time frame than where we are now, which is at the end of the season, not the beginning.
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Those numbers you posted are just numbers. In a vacuum. Some positions have been upgraded, some players have declined since when they were in the Super Bowl. Some were salary cap casualties.
That article lists New England as having 17 returning starters, which they describe as being rare for a defending Super Bowl champion. Scroll through the list, it's rare for anyone.
Brockers has played 9 years for the Rams. He beat the odds. He's a big guy with a lot of wear and tear. How long do you keep him? 3 more years?
Would you rather have Talib, Peters, Joyner, Barron and Suh back than the guys we have now? And at what cost?
How about Todd Gurley? Forget overpaying him or his salary cap hit. Here are some stats for you that rank the 2019 RBs:
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You will see that he was ranked 22st, 25th, 26th, 41st and 41st in various offensive categories. Can you look at those stats and honestly say that RB going to win you a Super Bowl?
