Quote:Nobody is happy with how badly they have played thus far this season, but as was stated above, this year was never about wins and losses.  It was about getting better, and being competitive.  So far that hasn't been the case, but we're 5 games into the season with an extremely young roster at some pretty critical positions.  It's going to take time to develop the momentum. 

 

I think we saw the first indication of that against Pittsburgh when we held the 4th best offense in the league under their averages for points and yards per game.  The offense struggled, but with the changes on the line, and rookie receivers running around out there still trying to understand the nuances involved in being effective at this level, that would be expected.

 

 

 

....yeah, and Pitt's defense is nothing special this year and had Mike Glennon drop 28 points on them on their own field the week prior to beat them. 

 

They also had one of their best players out vs the Jags (Shazier). 

 

Fisch's offense totals 9 points against them, at home. 

 

 

Progress

 

Quote:I dont really understand all this talk of inexperience.....

 

The Rams are a younger team than us, have a backup QB starting, and are arguably just as devoid of offensive talent- yet have put up back to back 30 point games. Granted, both were losses, but they are miles ahead of us for some reason, despite their huge question mark at QB. 

 

Reconcile that.

 

Yep, and Austen Davis was a mere UNDRAFTED free agent QB. 

 

2 straight 300 yard, 3 TD games for him. 

 

 

Just goes to show, you don't have to put the shackles on the young QB and run a conservative offense if you don't want to. 

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