(10-14-2018, 08:37 PM)EricC85 Wrote: (10-14-2018, 07:59 PM)Bullseye Wrote: So what is "the problem?"
At it's core our philosophy might be the problem. Defense wins championships has seen it's day, today its QB win championships and build sustained success. Maybe Blake is that guy maybe not but we haven't built this roster around Blake we've built it around the defense and expected Blake to not lose games. That's proving to be a very flawed philosophy.
Last year's Super Bowl Champions, Philadelphia, finished 4th in total points allowed and in yardage, and won the Super Bowl with a backup QB.
The year before, the Patriots were first in scoring defense.
2015 saw Denver win it all. Their defense was 4th in scoring, and they won the Super Bowl with a completely decrepit Peyton Manning at QB.
Before that, the Patriots won with the 8th ranked scoring defense.
Finally in 2013, Seattle won it all with arguably the stingiest defense in recent memory, finishing first in total defense.
So the last five Super Bowl winners had defenses in the top ten in scoring defense. Four of those five had top four scoring defenses.
Defense is still vitally important to winning championships.
Right now, our OL is iffy due to injury, RB is iffy due to injury, and those are having an adverse impact on Bortles, who is iffy, and on the defense, which is playing iffy.
But nobody will convince me that our free agency acquisitions of recent years or our drafting of Ramsey, Jack, and Ngakoue were somehow mistakes.
(10-14-2018, 09:10 PM)SamusAranX Wrote: (10-14-2018, 09:05 PM)Bullseye Wrote: 1. So now you are not talking about "building" a team, but putting the finishing touches on a team.
2. As it stands right now, the Cousins led Vikings are only a half game better than us.
3. An argument can easily be made for the team to draft either Watson or Mahomes here last year. But assuming the team would be conservative with their development, would you have been willing to deal with another losing season waiting for them to develop? In other words, if the coaches saw a team that had a chance to win last year drafting the way they did, why wouldn't they take that opportunity?
The Rams spent the #10 overall pick on a RB coming off an ACL injury, and they are undefeated.
The rams also have Goff.
Fournette, injury issues non-withstanding, would have been a great pick if we already had a good offense. Instead the expectation was to build around him, which nowadays is no longer a real viable option.
Goff was thought by most observers to be a complete bust after his first year. The Rams also didn't have a LT, or the receivers they have now when they drafted Gurley.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
