(12-18-2023, 08:59 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: [ -> ]I think it's time to open up the passing game, too many runs for no gain, too many screens/rpos for 1-2 yard gains. We need to start playing NFL style football on offense.
I don't know if they can do that now with Kirk out and now Zay out. It looks like this team unfortunately hit the injury bug at the worst time of the year. It is what it is man.
Curbing my enthusiasm. We're not there yet, and, that's okay. Prosser made a good point on the radio show this morning, some of which some of us on here have already stated numerous times.
This front office and coaching staff entered the 2023 off season resting it's laurels on a 9 - 8 record last year, that barely made it into the play-offs to begin with. It was far from a finished product and the fact that Baalke had 13 picks in April's draft, and, whether anybody wants to hear it or not, NONE of them have really done ANYTHING.
Period. Harrison is a 1st RD pick. He's going to start. For better or worse. But, other than a few splash plays from Strange, which is probably less than five in total, and then, Parker Washington as recently as last week and Antonio Johnson here and there? We have virtually no impact players making a difference immediately from this class.
That's now with the WR room wiped out and the offensive line wiped out. Sure, it's fantastic and encouraging to see Walker progressing this year, and, I think he'll keep it going with three games left, especially with these match up's, but, the writing's on the wall.
This team drank the koolaid in the off season and they've pretty much lost to teams that are either right at .500 or officially above .500. Which means this team is a middling team. It's not an ascending team. It's not a complete team. It's not a consistently competitive team. And, again, much like last year? We're still seeing the same issues.
Untimely pre snap penalties, miscues, turnovers, poor clock management, bad situational awareness and poor coaching decisions at times. This team cannot play a complete game to save it's life at the moment. And it's not going to until a better scouting department, personnel builder and decision maker is inserted into that building.
I don't care if this team limps into the post season and wins ONE game. Changes need to be made in the front office and they need to be made on the coaching staff. And stop with the "This team is too talented to be blah, blah, blah". That's nonsense. Listen, in this league? Talent is consistent, talent wins football games, talent makes the improbable, probable. This team doesn't have enough talent.
This team BARELY has enough talent to find it's dick at 2:30 AM after drinking all night and trying to piss itself sober in a dark dive bar somewhere before getting on the road and trying to get home just 20 minutes down the road. Pump the brakes folks. We're onto Tampa Bay.