(10-22-2018, 02:34 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(10-22-2018, 02:26 PM)jvillejagsn1 Wrote: There's no overreaction. Even with the massive amounts of injuries (and I agree that it's crazy this year), our front office did not build enough depth. We also settled for a hot/cold QB instead of trying to upgrade it. I usually agree with us being too knee jerky and over reactive. But it's legitimate now. Our window to win is very short because of how many big contracts we have and no real depth in other positions. The coaching staff is failing miserably right now and the "team" we once had is imploding. We are in trouble now and looking ahead to Philly doesn't change the fact that another big loss is coming unless we make major changes. I for one don't want to look forward to the draft this early like years before (yes I know we're still 3-4 and in the division hunt), but we cannot beat anyone the way we are playing and scheme and pom poms aren't going to change it. I wish I could be more positive with the outlook right now, but I can't. There's nothing in the last 3 games from either side of the ball that show me that things are going to change; unless changes are made. I hope I'm wrong and we can win out and go 12-4. But I think I might have a better chance of winning Mega Millions....

I can't fault you for feeling like that, those are all legitimate criticisms and I do think Hackett has struggled to find work arounds for the injury problems, but it's also hard to build an O that's changing every week. 

You could argue the FO was naive in the depth on O but I don't think you plan for this level of season ending injuries this early. I mean who had Fournette at 45 plays by week 7?

Oh I agree that injuries have killed us. The problem is that the front office and coaches think that Bortles can overcome this. After all the years we've had him, we know that he needs tons of support around him to even possibly thrive. He now has none and they think they can just stick it out with what we have. It's not possible. I really like Bortles as a person; he's tough as nails physically and somewhat mentally. But we all know he's not the guy and team made a big mistake not trying to upgrade the position a year or two ago. We drafted Bryan instead of getting more quality Oline depth last year (BAP I know... lol). We passed on so many other QBs (hindsight... I know lol). We truly got lucky last year and now our past mistakes are coming back to haunt us. The RB additions aren't going to help when we can't throw the ball. I really think that in order to possibly salvage this season and make it to the playoffs, we need to make some major changes. However, I don't believe the front office will do so. It seems so reactionary to do so. But for the first time in a while, I believe it's the only way to do so.

And Philly is going to be just as tough as the last 3 games have been. They are coming off a difficult loss and are going to come at us hard. I feel another bad loss coming; just as I did with Houston after the Dallas game. Unless we make some major changes (and even with them, they will take time), this might be our worst game in London so far....

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