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I liked the effort on Mon night, plenty of guys were flying around and really hitting and competing. They’re just too battered with injuries right now with the main one being Jayden of course. A healthy JD masks a lot of issues. He’s our only hope to salvage the season.

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[quote=AnonEmouse;1377396]I watched the game this morning (UK time) and have to say I thought it was a definite improvement on D over the Dallas game. And I think Mariota did what he could (he's not JD5!). What disappointed me mainly was two things; play calling on 4th down (and too many screens altogether) and the second half adjustments/Defensive play. Once the scored on that opening drive it felt like half the D had thrown in the towel.

I'm not going to cry for the heads of Quinn and AP though. Last season was 2 giant steps forward, this season is one big one back. I still don't think we realise what a shit stain Snyder and RR left behind.

Whitt doesn't convince me he knows what to do though, or has the guts to call out stuff (like ill discipline and pulling Wagner out of situations he's a liability). The press stuff last week had me thinking DQ was telling Whitt what to do, and I'm still convinced of that. Maybe not in season (as I think those moves almost never work out), but he shouldn't be here next year. He made 0 half time adjustments I could see and seemed afraid to try to pressure Mahomes (Luvu playing spy FFS?). We need to find our own Vance Joseph or Steve Spagnuolo, that knows what to do and when.[/quote]

Joseph has done a real nice job with that defense. And I also did not get Luvu playing spy. He's not real good in open space. None of our LB's are. Made zero sense.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1377407]It’s a rough season no doubt but I don’t think it is a “we suck again” thing. Vegas saw this coming in offseason when they set the wins. It is classic regression to the mean. Last year we were unbelievably successful at come from behind wins, 4th down success, injuries, Wagner and Ertz over performing. Things were going to level out. 2-3 years ago we would’ve been giddy with a 3-5 record and being “close to .500”[/quote]

But a good GM would have been able to see or predict regression, especially w/ Wagner. All AP had to do was look at the last two games of the year to realize that resigning Wagner was not a good idea. Detroit and the Eagles totally abused him.

As far as Ertz goes, they have to get Sinnott on the field more. He's a high draft pick and unless he is totally incompetent, which I don't see, get him out there. I don't get why he's not playing more.

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[quote=MTK;1377412]I liked the effort on Mon night, plenty of guys were flying around and really hitting and competing. They’re just too battered with injuries right now with the main one being Jayden of course. A healthy JD masks a lot of issues. He’s our only hope to salvage the season.[/quote]

No doubt the effort was there, however the talent is not.

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[quote=skinsfan69;1377415]But a good GM would have been able to see or predict regression, especially w/ Wagner. All AP had to do was look at the last two games of the year to realize that resigning Wagner was not a good idea. Detroit and the Eagles totally abused him.

As far as Ertz goes, they have to get Sinnott on the field more. He's a high draft pick and unless he is totally incompetent, which I don't see, get him out there. I don't get why he's not playing more.[/quote]

Without knowing what AP was thinking I agree. Perhaps he had his budget priorities elsewhere? i.e. Terry resigning etc. But there are definitely holes that weren't filled or needs that were not addressed.

With AP he will get a leash especially as they try to build around JD but one of the things he has done that I don't like is trading away draft picks which is a very Vinny/Bruce thing to do. I'd prefer a Bill Belichick accrue draft picks mentality

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Because we thought we were going to the Super Bowl this year; they made moves thinking that. Jayden’s rookie year masked a lot and this team didn’t address all the weaknesses and also assumed our aging players still had something in the tank. Then add Terry’s holdout. Very doubtful does much the second half and probably misses more games. The injury bug really has crippled us this year. I don’t think Jayden will be 100% rest the way .


After we fall to 4-7; just play the young players. They need the reps and we need to know who we can build with. AP also might have missed on some of his picks.

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[quote=88Commanders00;1377419]Because we thought we were going to the Super Bowl this year; [/quote]


Only idiots thought that. I mean seriously. All you had to do is look at the insane luck we had last year, and even then our defense was shitty. I knew that shit wasn't going to be a repeat. They just struck lightning in a bottle.

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[QUOTE=NC_Skins;1377445]Only idiots thought that. I mean seriously. All you had to do is look at the insane luck we had last year, and even then our defense was shitty. I knew that shit wasn't going to be a repeat. They just struck lightning in a bottle.[/QUOTE]


I definitely thought it. Yup. I was a damn idiot. That was some serious lightning though. [emoji1750]


Edit: there is a small part of me that still believes that we can do it again. But it would take a miracle.