(12-23-2024, 06:59 AM)Jag88 Wrote:

(12-23-2024, 06:54 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I watch this offense, and I ask myself, who designed that play?  Who is teaching them to execute that play?  Who drafted those players?  And then on defense I see breakdown after breakdown from veteran players- blown coverages, guys lined up offsides.  This defense can be completely relied on to give up a touchdown with the game on the line.  FIFTEEN GAMES into the season and no one on defense seems to know what they're doing.  I see all this and I ask myself, is it the players?  Is it the coaches? 

Every year, I can look at this team and see one thing they could do that would bring a huge improvement, and probably a winning team.  But this year?  It's everything.  There's no one single thing we can point to that is the cause of this.

I've never seen a team start a season with such high hopes and end a season in need of a complete tear-down and rebuild.  We can't replace our owner.  That's not going to happen.  But I see other teams that have eternal success, and the one constant is that particular owner.  I know Shad Khan and Tony Khan are smart people, and I'm not going to make snarky comments about them caring more about wrestling, or anything like that.  But they have got to buckle down and figure this thing out.  It's up to them to fix this.

What a stupid move to hire this new dc. He’s not up for the job. He’s way in over his head. Offensive coordinator super lack luster too. Balkie is either average or below and that’s being generous.

He had a great defense last year in Atlanta.  That's what's so baffling about this.  He seemed like a perfect hire.  

And the offense?  It's a complete failure.  That is so hard to understand.  We call a running play and THREE defenders get into the backfield before the runner has a chance.  THREE.  How does that happen?  Are our players that bad?  Is the play poorly designed?  Are the coaches incompetent?  

We try a WR screen, and the result is a 5-yard loss.  Why?  Why did we call that play?  How was that play designed?  How was it supposed to be executed?  Why do we always have one guy miss his block?  Why do we have a guy blocking before the receiver catches the ball?  That's a penalty.  Why?  Why?  Why?  

When you have a total meltdown like we have had this season, it is so hard to understand what happened.

There is only one person who can fix this, and that is Shad Khan.  He and Tony have to buckle down, educate themselves about running an NFL franchise, and get better at doing this.  They have to realize, they are a failure.  They have to harness their ambition, and their self-image, and do better at this.

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