This thing really could be fixed by 2023…. But will the “same guys who broke it,” be the “ones to fix it?”
As we sit at 1-4 and face a tall talk in Dallas… our Kool Aid Keg is running a bit low…. We have started questioning ownership, Spielman, Holmes, DC, AG, and even Goff again over the last 2 weeks, AND RIGHTFULLY SO!!!
As many have stated the GRIT mantra is comically inaccurate. We have 4 guys a week getting hurt just walking to practice……
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This entire regime is already on thin ice, and the only way to keep my buy in, is to accept failures, adjust accordingly, and accurately asses where we are going into 2023….
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I am not exactly sure what happened with Dorsey, or how involved he might be, it the fact that he seemed checked out around drsft time was alarming…. Losing Dom Capers clearly had an impact- and look at Denver’s D since he arrived. They are playing incredibly with modest talent.
- Tyrell Williams, B Perriman, ASB, J Reynolds, Jamo, Chark, K Raymond, Hodge, T Benson…. I know we love what we have in Saint, and we have hope for Jamo…. But a lot of resources have gone into a unit that hasn’t exactly been amazing.
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UFA- 10M, 5M, 4M, 3M, 2M, 1M, 1M APYs
Draft - 1st, 4th, 5th -
when you figure we’ve only had ONE game with 3 NFL caliber WRs in our lineup in 22 games (week 1 - Chark, Saint, Reynolds) that’s a whole lot of bullets that missed so far….
Edge- the money and resources thrown at Romeo,
C Harris, Hutch, Flowers, Cominsky, and Paschal has yet to result in a 10 sack season or consistent pressure. Of course injuries have once again played a huge role, but many of these guys were injury prone and or relatively unproven when we committed to them.
DT- we traded a pick AND threw 10M plus a year at Brockers, spent 2nd and 3rd rounders in Levi O and McNeill, we’ve paid N Williams, Buggs, Benito
- you’d think with 3 draft picks and a 10M apy guy in addition, that we have at least one really good and one decent starting DT, and a nice depth guy- Instead we have no depth on one “decent” starter. Ughh!!!
LB- not sure how anyone got behind a defensive scheme that puts a ton of pressure on the DTs and LBs given they are our two weakest position groups. Asking Anzalone and Rodrigo to stack and shed free blockers in the OL, and the chase and tackle half the field each? Let’s not discuss reading for interior run, and having to turn and run into the flats at full speed to get to a RB screen or TE drag…. When you simply watch us lineup- it’s obvious where the offense can go effectively. Against NE and Seattle- they ran play-action to hold the LBs inside for just a second, and then rolled out the QBs and dumped to wide open TEs who chipped our DEs and quickly released.
- when we lineup on defense it almost looks like we are playing with 10 guys on many plays…. The fact that we’ve had plays where Rodriguez was running out to the wide side to cover a WR 1-1 is insane. So we either have the dumbest defensive players in the entire league… or the concepts of this defense are simply CRAP! My vote is CRAP since AG has never schemed a D, and now we look far worse with better players than last year… so I’m putting it in scheme and play calling.
—— STOP DRAFTING AND SIGNING PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED!!! I used to play just about every sport, and I lived in the gym…. At 42 I can’t really run on a surgically repaired right leg (Aco, mcl, LLC, tib/fib spiral fracture) anymore, and both shoulders are toast from benching heavy for years. I can get back in for 2-3 months and feel like “I’m back,” but suddenly one rep will hurt and I’m toast for 3-4 more months…. BOTTOM LINE- when our bodies start to fail, they will likely fail more consistently as we age and get pushed to the limit. Football is the limit.
Are we really surprised about Chark or Ty Williams given how much time they missed prior to coming here? Same with Big V… now Levi, Jamo, and Paschal?
I think maybe this year we take anyone who has missed more than 2 games over that last 2 years off our draft board? I’m sure we can make the counter argument, see upside or value, but I’ve seen enough of a pattern of hurt guys getting hurt again to simply avoid it.
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- We have to structure some contracts to free up some space…. Choose wisely
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- We have to pay up for healthy, solid to really good veteran contributors… Choose wisely
3.- we need to find our Demorrio Davis, KVB, Bradberry, Suh with the Bucs type player who we get cheaper due to 29 plus years old, but something left……. Choose wisely
4.- plan the draft out before UFA- and sign players with the draft strategy in mind….
