Are you buying into the Shanaplan?

lol. shannahan missed twice on QB's and once on haynesworth, which really hurt his credibility here.

the hard work on fixing the locker room and getting younger is starting to pay off, and this draft class (including forbath and minnifield) has been ridiculous. we need a #1 corner and maybe another safety (or meriweather and jackson to stay healthy/not suspended) and the D should be good again. we have a lot of starters on IR, and the pass rush poofed when they left.

that said, there's no alberts or donovans in the locker room acting like 6 year olds. everyone seems to be showing up and saying the right things... there's been no crazy spurrier/zorn/cerato type stories in years, so the mis-management and stupid drama may finally be gone.

hell, even haslett looks like he kept his job. he just needed to show people how to tackle, and to tell williams to play deeper.

Youth movement? The youth plan is Kai Forbath. That's it

Boom! Goated!

I consider myself an early adopter of the Shanaplan. I said many times in this past offseason that my evaluation of him began in earnest this year because of the horrible roster he inherited and the stunted offseasons in 2010 and 2011 due to the labor situation. I willingly ignored the 'he's got a worse record than Zorn' and 'why did (fill in the team here) get better so quickly and we still suck' crowds with a view on the bigger picture.

Not gonna lie, around Halloween, things didn't look good. However, I've been very impressed with the team's performance in the past 6 weeks and think that we have an extremely bright future ahead of us with lots of talented young players and depth.

I think we're in middle of Phase 2 of the Shanaplan.. Phase One-Purge the old roster. Phase 2-Build a younger roster around a young franchise QB. Phase Three-Develop a sustainable winning program to pass down to Kyle. I anticipate a 3 year extension for Shanny this offseason and an extension for Kyle which includes a succession clause.

SS fell for it..or played along. Either way, good times.

Nah, I think Shanny has made some adjustments of his own, in my opinion. It's been a purging of personalities, players buying in, and coaches getting on the same page. Winning goes a long ways to improving a team's image of itself.

So y'all have gone 5-0 in the last five games.

The Detroit Lions also had a 5-game winning streak and went into the playoffs last year. Now they're one of the worst teams in the NFC. Just saying.

You gotta wait a little while before you conclude this is something other than a lucky streak. Again, just look at what happened to the Lions.

So y'all have gone 5-0 in the last five games.

The Detroit Lions also had a 5-game winning streak and went into the playoffs last year. Now they're one of the worst teams in the NFC. Just saying.

You gotta wait a little while before you conclude this is something other than a lucky streak. Again, just look at what happened to the Lions.

Pot meet kettle

SS fell for it..or played along. Either way, good times.

Nah, I think Shanny has made some adjustments of his own, in my opinion. It's been a purging of personalities, players buying in, and coaches getting on the same page. Winning goes a long ways to improving a team's image of itself.

What are you talking about? This is my first time posting in this thread. I didn't fall for anything

A great QB does that to a team...

lol

So y'all have gone 5-0 in the last five games.

The Detroit Lions also had a 5-game winning streak and went into the playoffs last year. Now they're one of the worst teams in the NFC. Just saying.

You gotta wait a little while before you conclude this is something other than a lucky streak. Again, just look at what happened to the Lions.

I think our next big step is making the right decisions during the offseason to make sure that we can sustain our success. I can think of teams like the Eagles and Jets, who both had previous success yet they made some terrible decisions in the offseason that led them to their current situation.

In terms of the Shanaplan, I think he had his set of bad decisions (McNabb, the whole Haynesworth fiasco), but Shanny has done very well this season despite the setbacks we've had (injuries/suspensions).

The challenge for this team from the top down will be to sustain this success and carry it into next season. For Shanny and BA, the challenge will be to find the right pieces to make our defense consistently successful, and to maintain the success of the offense.