Changes needed during/after bye week

Perhaps if Rabach were to utilize some leeches, Voodoo and three stun guns..............

1 - won't be fixed until we further upgrade personnel after the season.
2 - Agreed.
3 - We were lucky that Doughty wasn't flagged for a 2nd blocking in the back on Banks' TD.
4 - Tough for a dog to change his spots this deep in his career.
5 - Keiland played pretty well today, and deserves the next shot, but what about Portis? He may be ready by Philly.

1. I second that Soup. How can you change a messed up line, when you have no real depth there to speak of?

2. Austin should have been activated after DT was released.

4. Yep, the guy is a Pro Bowler with 11 seasons under his belt. You aren't going to change his mechanics or style within 2 weeks.

5. KW is a good, bruising type of back. I think he could handle the load if Torain can't go, but with two weeks off, I think Ryan will be fine(hopefully).

They need to try and get as much out of McNabb as they can for the rest of the season. If he doesnt improve, then we need to look to the draft after the season provided Rex or some other QB doesnt turn the team around in the second half of the year.

I'm not convinced that Shanahan thinks McNabb is his long-term answer at QB.

They need to try and get as much out of McNabb as they can for the rest of the season. If he doesnt improve, then we need to look to the draft after the season provided Rex or some other QB doesnt turn the team around in the second half of the year.

I'm not convinced that Shanahan thinks McNabb is his long-term answer at QB.

When I think long term qb's, I'm thinking qb's that can be your consistently good qb for 10+ seasons. McNabb had 3-5 years left in him max, so he wasn't a long term answer anyways. I'm not ready to make a judgement on him after 8 games, so maybe the next 8 will give us some better insight. If he can improve and give us 1-2 more seasons I'd be fine with that, but I think we need to bring in a quarterback next season to be groomed for 1-2 years.

Is it too much to ask for to have a young, elite quarterback? In an unrelated note, I do feel like this offense needs to be adjusted more to McNabb's skill set. Good coordinators adjust to the players they have. I think we need to see the offense get the ball out quicker for one, because we all know our line can't block enough to consistently have 5 and 7 step drops.

We can improve the O-line by cutting Stephon Heyer

Alot of changes cant come until the offseason, until then we need to continue to try to win ugly and hope McNabb and his recievers can continue to build and grow in Shanny's scheme. We just dont have enough talent on offense to blow anybody out or play consistently for that matter.

I think its painfully obvious that the Oline is still more broke than fixed, even with scheme change. We need some serious new talent in the interior. We also need to find out if Jamal Brown is ever going to recover and be healthy enough to be the answer to RT. We need to add speed at the RB spot and we desperately need to add talent at the WR. Armstrong is a good find, but is he a starter or a solid 3 or 4? Im starting to think its the latter.

This coming offseason I could see a ton a new additions on offense.

1. Brown is not as healthy as I had hoped he would be, I'd start Kory L at Center, Hicks has been an understated disappointment

2. Agreed

3. What hurts is that they're have been too many inconsequential penalties, meaning it's not like the illegal blocks sprung somebody free. They were so far away from the ball

4. At this point, that shouldn't even be necessary...but it seems it is

5. In two weeks, Portis might be good to go

They need to try and get as much out of McNabb as they can for the rest of the season. If he doesnt improve, then we need to look to the draft after the season provided Rex or some other QB doesnt turn the team around in the second half of the year.

I'm not convinced that Shanahan thinks McNabb is his long-term answer at QB.

we are living or dying with mcnabb at qb. grossman and beck arent the answer to the qb position. its mcnabb or bust. i think mcnabb still has a lot of talent and can lead this team to the playoffs, either this year or in the future. i hope we re-sign him. considering the circumstances he has been pretty good this year. by circumstances i mean being under duress 90% of the time he drops back.

We can improve the O-line by cutting Stephon Heyer

And who fills in for Brown then?

Not sure it's a great idea to cut our main backup at both tackle spots.

Grab a time machine, go back to April, and draft Lamarr Houston. Texas University bookends on the D-Line. w00t!!!