Originally posted by 9moon:
Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
I'm saying its going to take more than one game. Win or lose, I have no confidence. I'm stunned this team can play this poorly for 3 straight weeks. If he did lose his job, yes I can see this as a tipping point. I'm pro Kyle, but I've never had this little faith in him. Even in 2017 when I thought we wouldn't win a game, I still had faith. But facts are facts. No coach, including Andy Reid and Nick Sirianni has been given as much across the board. Teams are doing more with less weekly. I'll give it to Kyle that he never had a Stafford, Mahommes, or even a Hurts. But Purdy is enough. I don't think this team would be 8-0, but 7-1 or even 6-2 isn't asking for much. 5-3 sounds too mediocre for this much talent.
Honestly the worst part is in my opinion it's been mostly coaching.
A good coach can hurt the opposing team multiple ways. His gameplan the last 3 weeks has been the same as the entire season.
This team is so good we literally probably could have handed the ball off 40 times in variations of runs to beat the browns and the Vikings. Just won with overwhelming talent.
That would have involved changing the gameplan and identity week to week which good coaches can do.
He seems worse now than prior. His insistence on forcing it to mcaffrey is hard to watch. Never running up the middle is hard to watch. Never chipping the opposing teams players (except for the cowboys) is hard to watch. No screens, no play action. No handoffs and snaps under center...
He has a million options but won't change it up week to week or do what is necessary to win consistently against 4 good teams.
for 4 years now, I've stated that Shanny does NOT know how to game plan.. he calls nice looking plays over and over, but it does not mean he can game plan.. why do you all think he suck MOST when we get behind..
the dude does not know how to find and expose the opposing team's weakness.
When you're right,you're right.
There isn't a defense out there that can do all of the following at the same time
1. Stop McCaffrey as a runner
2. Stop McCaffrey as a receiver
3. Stop Deebo in the open field.
4. Cover Aiyuk.
5. Cover Juice out the backfield.
6. Cover Kittle
7. Cover Gray deep (if healthy)
8. Handle the battering ram that is Jordan Mason.
No team is doing that all at the same time. This team can attack teams so many ways with all that talent. I won't even accept O-line as an excuse because coaches do more with less every freaking week.
Id like us to go after defenses weaknesses, which I don't think we do consistently because if we did, we'd see far more variety in the game plans.
The problems with this team fall primarily in the offensive and defensive play callers. Everything else is just a symptom of a bigger problem.