(11-16-2023, 11:50 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-16-2023, 11:07 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Psst. We know. Psst. It's all the offensive line's fault.

Psst. Reality. Nothing's going to change that until next year. So. Psst. The coaches and QB need to figure it out and elevate the piss poor play of that situation because that's psst.... the expectations from the national pundits and local pundits. 

Nobody wants to hear excuses.

Here... take this lump of coal and turn it into a gold brick. No excuses!!!

You're being kind of silly at this point. 

Doug Pederson isn't going to magically turn this [BLEEP] sandwich into filet mignon by dialing up our suggestions from the peanut gallery. Yes, I see things I'd try to do as well. I don't know if they'd make a difference or not. If a Super Bowl winning coach has been grappling with the problem for 9 games - he's probably thought of what I'm thinking of by now too. 

 He's been trying.  He didn't suddenly realize this line sucks during the SF game. He's been trying to mitigate the problem all season. Which is why our depth of target is so low. 

Xs & Os are important - but they simply aren't going to be enough to fix the trenches talent gap against a top ten defense unless we play 100% mistake free football and get some really lucky bounces going our way. 

You can call valid reasons "excuses" till you are blue in the face, and it won't change the amount of time it takes Javon Hargrave to knife his way between Scherff and Linder to interrupt Trevor's progression before he moves to his second read.

Just being realistic. It's a professional sport. There's a wide variety of teams with a wide variety of twists and turns and issues. The national and local media is not going to sympathize with their short comings.

Mike Tyson said it best "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth". This team got punched in the mouth on Sunday.

What was the mantra last year? "So what? Now what?". Or, something was going wrong or off the rails, the response was "Good".

I had my expectations set in the offseason. They remain the same and very much attainable. Divisional winner with a slim to none chance of making a deep play off run.

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