Staley touched on the way the Bolts season ended with a playoff loss in Jacksonville.
“You have to take full ownership for what happened and I hate the way that happened,” Staley said. “But it’s a part of sports and you got to get through them and I think that’s what you’ve got to know as a competitor is that you got to get moving.”
Staley said it’s full steam ahead to 2023. And while free agency looms — as mentioned above — Staley likes the way the roster is constructed.
“I think compared to last year, we’re just in such a better spot as a football team,” Staley said. “I think about where we were last year, we didn’t have Austin Johnson, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Otitio Ogbonnia, we didn’t have Zion Johnson, Jamaree Salyer. I really felt we needed to get deeper on the lines of scrimmage and I felt like we did that.
“One thing I said last year was we needed to be a more complete football team, and our special teams took a huge, huge step last year,” Staley added. “I thought a lot of it was investment in personnel, punter, kicker, deep snapper, returner, I thought you saw the investment pay off this year. And so, I think we were a much more complete football team now.”
A key, Staley said, is remaining healthy.
“I want our team to get to play together because our team didn’t get to play together this year,” Staley said. “I know if our team gets to play together, I know what that level is.
“I think we’re at the point now with where our team is where we can just keep onboarding the right type of players, in the right spots because I think we have our starters kind of situated for the most part, maybe make a couple things in free agency here and there, but we go into the draft really trying to get difference makers for this football team,” Staley added. “I think that’s what you’re trying to do at the top of the draft, is add some difference makers at the top of the draft. Then as the draft moves, you’re trying to get those depth pieces that you need to be deep enough to…
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