01-03-2022, 04:02 PM
I still feel we are a couple of pieces short, especially on the O-Line. But I think Burrow & Chase are so good they give us a chance to beat anybody.
This is the third time, post Boomer, I have thought we had a legit shot.
The last time was 2015. I had the feeling twice. The hot start before Andy broke his thumb. We still finished 12-4. AJ, Marvin Jones, Sanu, & Eifert. Tyler made the PB and had 13 TDs. Hill & Gio in the backfield. Geno, Dunlap, Burfict, Leon Hall. Reggie Nelson had 8 picks. Carlos & Geno double digit sacks. Whit & Zeitler anchoring the line. I thought we had a pro-bowl worthy player at virtually every spot save RB (Hill & Gio both over 700 yards): Dalton, AJ, Eifert, Whit, Zeitler; Dunlap, Geno, Burfict, Pacman, Nelson. They all made it save for VB & Zeitler. Then Andy got hurt. We were losing the WC game. Then McCarron rallied us to a winning position in that game and I thought, "Lordy, if we can beat Pitt with a backup QB, we could win the whole thing if Andy returns.."
Then the meltdown. Jones & Sanu left. Eifert got hurt. Ogbuehi for Smith at RT. Hall & Nelson left. The O struggled. We went 6-9-1. Then Whit & Zeitler left and that was that.
The time before that was brief. Palmer. Coming undone due to WC loss to Pitt. Palmer's knee getting destroyed. Palmer, Chad, Housh, and Henry. Rudi Johnson. Big Willie & Levi Jones at tackle. Steinbach & Bobbie Williams at guard. Braham at C. Justin Smith on D. Simmons, Thurman, and Pollack at LB.
Palmer completes a bomb and hurts his knee. Thurman gets busted for substance abuse & never contributes again. Ditto Pollack due to injury. Palmer had some more goid years (2006, 2009), but we neber felt like true contenders again. Housh was gone by 2009 (Coles).
This is the third time, post Boomer, I have thought we had a legit shot.
The last time was 2015. I had the feeling twice. The hot start before Andy broke his thumb. We still finished 12-4. AJ, Marvin Jones, Sanu, & Eifert. Tyler made the PB and had 13 TDs. Hill & Gio in the backfield. Geno, Dunlap, Burfict, Leon Hall. Reggie Nelson had 8 picks. Carlos & Geno double digit sacks. Whit & Zeitler anchoring the line. I thought we had a pro-bowl worthy player at virtually every spot save RB (Hill & Gio both over 700 yards): Dalton, AJ, Eifert, Whit, Zeitler; Dunlap, Geno, Burfict, Pacman, Nelson. They all made it save for VB & Zeitler. Then Andy got hurt. We were losing the WC game. Then McCarron rallied us to a winning position in that game and I thought, "Lordy, if we can beat Pitt with a backup QB, we could win the whole thing if Andy returns.."
Then the meltdown. Jones & Sanu left. Eifert got hurt. Ogbuehi for Smith at RT. Hall & Nelson left. The O struggled. We went 6-9-1. Then Whit & Zeitler left and that was that.
The time before that was brief. Palmer. Coming undone due to WC loss to Pitt. Palmer's knee getting destroyed. Palmer, Chad, Housh, and Henry. Rudi Johnson. Big Willie & Levi Jones at tackle. Steinbach & Bobbie Williams at guard. Braham at C. Justin Smith on D. Simmons, Thurman, and Pollack at LB.
Palmer completes a bomb and hurts his knee. Thurman gets busted for substance abuse & never contributes again. Ditto Pollack due to injury. Palmer had some more goid years (2006, 2009), but we neber felt like true contenders again. Housh was gone by 2009 (Coles).
