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11-17-2014, 03:12 PM
Let's be honest -- this team has enough talent to do better than it has, and so the coaching staff is far from blameless here. Don't get me wrong -- we're not a playoff team (far from it), but we're certainly good enough to beat the Bucs and Vikings, which makes us a .500 team. Nothing is a given.
I like Gruden a lot -- he's a straight shooter, and he seems likeable enough. But this team came offa bye and was flat against a 1-8 team at home, and that's unacceptable. I was of the view that how the team bounced back after the bye and the loss to Minn. would say a lot about the organization -- coaching staff and players. And sadly, it probably did. I hope that Gruden can be successful here, but the jury's obviously out on that.
Clearly, we haven't been getting nearly enough talent on the lines, and games are won in the trenches. On our O line, only Trent and Kory are worth keeping (putting aside the question of who is starting caliber), and 2/5 of a line isn't going to win many games. On our D line, only Hatcher and Cofield are worth keeping -- Baker, Jenkins, Bowen and the rest haven't shown much of anything (I might make the exception for Kearse, and I keep wondering why he isn't getting more time at the expense of the three I just named; he's at least showing some real effort out there whereas the other three are invisible).
Our safety situation is atricious, and has been since 2007 (man do I miss Taylor). That's a long time to go without a single quality starter for that position. Our CBs are improving but young and will make mistakes. If DHall can return healthy, I wonder whether we move him to FS and keep our youngsters at CB -- that would help a good deal.
Haslett seems utterly lost -- a LB covering the guy who has been torching you all day -- really? I never played football at any level beyond the sandlot, but damn, man, I know better. Inexcusable. In two games, your D has given up 29 points to the hapless Vikings and 27 points (really, 20) to the equally hapless Bucs. What do you think a good offensive team like the Colts will do to us right now? The next two weeks could involve losses in the neighborhood of 42-10. Honestly, if Haslett were to be fired today, I cannot say I would be concerned -- even though I tend to think that mid-season firings tend not to do much. But he seems so ineffectual with adjustments and scheming, I don't know how much worse it could get.
I am curious about the blame being placed on Snyder's shoulders. Unlike the early years, I don't get the sense that he's personally involving himself (I concede aI have no visibuility into this, and so I could be wrong). And there are some teams that had respected owners (Ralph Wilson and the Bills come to mind) that haven't been good in a long time. I am not sure how much of this belongs to Snyder, although one could say that the GM decisions he's made are obviously problematic (Cerrato is a dope, and Allen has been at best inconsistent). But he's hired Schottenheimer, Gibbs and Shannahan, and so it isn't like he always goes with unproven guys all the time and those risks didn't pan out.
The run game is puzlling to me -- it was clicking yesterday, and our run D was stout. Why aren't we pounding it more? Alfmo seems like the only one who really came to play yesterday (except for Tress "I Did It My" Way. Sad when your punter is your MVP.
Honestly, this franchise needs to hit the re-set button. I thought that this year might mark a departure from the crap that the Shannahan regime had devolved to become, but it's really not brought much different. There are a number of coaches anmd players that need to go. This ought to be a busy off-season.
Prove me wrong, Redskins. Beat SF. Beat Indy. Show some heart for a change.
I like Gruden a lot -- he's a straight shooter, and he seems likeable enough. But this team came offa bye and was flat against a 1-8 team at home, and that's unacceptable. I was of the view that how the team bounced back after the bye and the loss to Minn. would say a lot about the organization -- coaching staff and players. And sadly, it probably did. I hope that Gruden can be successful here, but the jury's obviously out on that.
Clearly, we haven't been getting nearly enough talent on the lines, and games are won in the trenches. On our O line, only Trent and Kory are worth keeping (putting aside the question of who is starting caliber), and 2/5 of a line isn't going to win many games. On our D line, only Hatcher and Cofield are worth keeping -- Baker, Jenkins, Bowen and the rest haven't shown much of anything (I might make the exception for Kearse, and I keep wondering why he isn't getting more time at the expense of the three I just named; he's at least showing some real effort out there whereas the other three are invisible).
Our safety situation is atricious, and has been since 2007 (man do I miss Taylor). That's a long time to go without a single quality starter for that position. Our CBs are improving but young and will make mistakes. If DHall can return healthy, I wonder whether we move him to FS and keep our youngsters at CB -- that would help a good deal.
Haslett seems utterly lost -- a LB covering the guy who has been torching you all day -- really? I never played football at any level beyond the sandlot, but damn, man, I know better. Inexcusable. In two games, your D has given up 29 points to the hapless Vikings and 27 points (really, 20) to the equally hapless Bucs. What do you think a good offensive team like the Colts will do to us right now? The next two weeks could involve losses in the neighborhood of 42-10. Honestly, if Haslett were to be fired today, I cannot say I would be concerned -- even though I tend to think that mid-season firings tend not to do much. But he seems so ineffectual with adjustments and scheming, I don't know how much worse it could get.
I am curious about the blame being placed on Snyder's shoulders. Unlike the early years, I don't get the sense that he's personally involving himself (I concede aI have no visibuility into this, and so I could be wrong). And there are some teams that had respected owners (Ralph Wilson and the Bills come to mind) that haven't been good in a long time. I am not sure how much of this belongs to Snyder, although one could say that the GM decisions he's made are obviously problematic (Cerrato is a dope, and Allen has been at best inconsistent). But he's hired Schottenheimer, Gibbs and Shannahan, and so it isn't like he always goes with unproven guys all the time and those risks didn't pan out.
The run game is puzlling to me -- it was clicking yesterday, and our run D was stout. Why aren't we pounding it more? Alfmo seems like the only one who really came to play yesterday (except for Tress "I Did It My" Way. Sad when your punter is your MVP.
Honestly, this franchise needs to hit the re-set button. I thought that this year might mark a departure from the crap that the Shannahan regime had devolved to become, but it's really not brought much different. There are a number of coaches anmd players that need to go. This ought to be a busy off-season.
Prove me wrong, Redskins. Beat SF. Beat Indy. Show some heart for a change.