Originally posted by the_dynasty:
Originally posted by captveg:
These kind of philosophical adjustments don't happen in the regular season. When they do it's pretty remarkable. We saw Kyle for that in 2021 with Deebo. But usually these are offseason changes, as you build the team to match the philosophy. There was zero reason to shift gears going into this season because it had been so successful the last 1.5 seasons under Purdy. Well, now it isn't, so he'll look to adjust this offseason to counter what happened this year. If that fails we may have reached the end of what Kyle can do for the team, but the proper time to adjust still needs to be given, and that's the offseaaon, not mid-season.
Getting complacent and overconfident in the NFL is just...Im not sure whats the word I would use...foolish ?
Just because it was so successful it convinced Kyle to not invest in the oline ? Even thought the line ultimately was one of the main reasons for the SB loss ?
What about special teams ? Surely Luter Jr resulting in a muffed punt in the fourth quarter shoulve caused some changes, no ? Aw no, who needs stinky special teams right ?
When you are within an OT period of winning the SB it's not unreasonable to tweak rather than overhaul. In retrospect they needed to overhaul, but hindsight it always clearer than looking forward.
Many had concerns over the OL, so that's one area I also disagreed with Kyle on this past offseason. They did draft Puni, so they didn't completely ignore it, but, yes, they needed to upgrade at C more than anything and stood pat with Brendel, who has regressed from even his middling 2023 performance.
Special Teams is largely determined by training camp/preseason performances. You also don't want to condemn guys for one isolated play. The ST also got worse so they'll be certainly overhauling the 2nd/3rd string roster this offseason, and Luter's subsequent mistakes this season will likely be weighted more against him this time around.