(12-26-2023, 11:40 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(12-26-2023, 11:34 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Bucky Brooks reported on it in the 3rd quarter on the radio broadcast. He said players were "lollygagging around" and were "disinterested in what anyone had to say." It gave the impression that Doug has lost the locker room.

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Brooks is allowed in the locker room as part of the media team so he witnessed it himself is my understanding.

flsprtsgrl is worried about someone on a message board turning on Doug when i havent seen anyone that, yet he needs to worry about him losing the team.  If anyone would know it would be Bucky Brooks.  Cant blame it all on the players and make zero changes after what we have seen the last month

He's not though. He said this as well post game:

"We've got to coach them up better," Pederson said. "We got to make sure that they're on the same page with Trevor and our quarterbacks. We can't make those mistakes in games. We've got to do our part as a staff to make sure that these things don't happen in the future."

So, not sure why that's being said or thrown around there. There's plenty of accountability being preached. We're also looking at our ninth different combination within a fledgling offensive line unit for the 16th game of the season. Nine different line-up's now. That's the biggest issue on this football team, whether you like it or not. That's the truth of it all. 

Lawrence has to protect the football better, 19 turnovers is no bueno, period. I am a big believer in, if the football is in your hands? It's either you make the play, chuck it away, hit the deck or take the check down. I am no longer giving him free passes for that aspect to his game on my end. He just came off his 51st career start. That has to be better moving forward regardless of circumstances surrounding him. 

It would have helped though had the front office and coaching staff done a better job handling this off season after a wild run in year one of Pederson's installation. The biggest number that's going to keep coming up for me is 14. 14. 14 [BLEEP] draft picks back in April and we have next to nothing to show for it, except for a banged up right tackle. 

That's about it...

We started falling apart physically when we approached the most physical teams and competent teams in the play-off mix annually on this schedule. Anybody with eyes could have seen this train wreck a mile away. The biggest test of the year was when they came back from a bye week and had to play the 49ers. That was their first, true big boy test and they flunked the [BLEEP] out of it. They then proceeded to rebound against the tinhorns in a close one and then it all started coming apart from there.

Maybe that road win against the tinhorns was their Superbowl of 2023 and between the injuries, turnovers and blown assignments they all seemingly began to mentally check out. This does not bode well for Doug Pederson but it especially does not bode well for Trent Baalke.

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