Originally posted by tohara3:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Football is such a crazy game. In soccer, you can play 2-3 scrimmages a week and then go play a game that counts on Sunday. Football gets none of that and there is no substitution for the real game environment against various styles of opponents. At the end of the day, this new 53 has play just 3 games together.
... baby steps and expect a few stumbles along the way.
I am very patient & also very excited to see where the progress of this team is at the last 4 or 5 weeks of the season! Not only the players but also the coaches & both systems on both sides of the ball
Damn right! I'm rewatching the game now and this REAL offensive gives me a hetero football boner. (After Chryst and Kelly this is night and day scheme wise) As far as personnel I'm big on Garcon and Taylor. These two guys will be on our squad for a few years. Goodwin still has much to prove but we need a big/tall guy opposite Garcon with Taylor in the slot. Goodwin may stick around as a deep threat if he can catch more balls this year.
Scheme wise it's there. Biggest issue so far this year has been blocking and Hoyer/Goodwin in the first two games but as the season goes on our guys will gel more. IMO (on offense) we'll be going after QB, gaurd and WR in the 2018 draft/free agency.
I expect a couple more offensive stinkers like the first two games but I also expect some high flying offense when our line blocks and Hoyer is on. Shanahan isn't the issue on offense it's the lack of talent.
I don't think we need to worry about our offense long term. We'll get a QB, WR and blockers by 2018. Only thing I'm worried about this year is our defense. I want to see them vastly improve against the run this year. I don't think we'll see a good pass rush manifest this year. We need an edge rusher. Bad. We need Foster in there running sideline to sideline. He just has that "it" factor when he's on the field.
I think we win 3-4 games this year. My ideal scenerio would be 2 wins but while being very competitive on defense. We need a QB big time and Darnold/Rosen will be within reach if we're drafting top 2 so a bad record wont bother me at all this year.
Or if we land Cousins we'll have a first rounder to spend on a pass rusher. No matter what happens we're in a position to drastically improve in 2018 (five draft picks within the first three rounds and 100 million in cap space).
People just need to be patient.