It's Cyprien's fault.  No, it's Odrick's fault.  No, it's this other guy's fault.  We should never have signed/drafted fill-in-the-blank. 

 

 

You guys, I'm telling you, it isn't this guy, or that guy.   We have enough talent to do a lot better.   They just make too many mental errors.  The whole team.    A mistake on almost every single play.   It's an 11 man game.   If everyone did their part on every play, we would have a lot more success.   Instead, we take the wrong gap on defense, or fail to cover someone, or block the wrong guy on offense, or our offensive line fails to pick up a simple stunt by the opposing defensive line.  

 

I remember Don Shula's teams, and they didn't have overwhelming talent, but what they did have was mental discipline.   They won games because they eliminated their mistakes.  

 

In year one, when we had so many rookies, including at one point an all rookie secondary, it was easy to say,  when we get more experience and eliminate the rookie mistakes we will be better.   But here it is year 3, and after every game it's the same thing.   If only we could eliminate these mental errors. 

 

If we can't play more fundamentally sound, error free football, then it's time for the coaching staff to take the blame.   Not this player, or that player.  

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