Originally posted by NCommand:
Talent, top 5ish. Best team in depth by a country mile.
But the areas that get you over the hump are the lines, coverage and QB...and health and discipline.
ShanaLynch still has a ways to go, IMHO.
I really think it's just asking too much. I can't really see the team getting better talent wise than this year. It's kind of a sad reality.
The roster was loaded. It's hard to be optimistic honestly that we will somehow load up more and just demolish teams next year.
The real f up was the lance trade up. If we hadn't done that and had Micah Parsons opposite bosa we would have been unstoppable. It's sad and hindsight is 20/20 but I guess the only hope is as the talent diminishes Brock somehow makes up for it.
Its really irritating seeing huge game plan holes and coaching f ups. The lance injury, the deebo usage, the cowboys game plan and timeout usage, the long developing plays to start games vs teams with good pass rush. How Josh Johnson was used. Thinking he could just step in and run his offense. Making Johnson throw the ball in the two minute drill this week but not letting purdy do it last week.
It just all adds up to repeated coaching mistakes.
The talent on the team is undeniable but the coaching has massive, game losing, player crippling mistakes repeatedly. And it does not take a genius to predict all of the above would happen and would not work.
I just don't think the staff at this point can call 4 mistake free games against 4 good teams.