12-15-2017, 07:15 PM
(12-15-2017, 04:29 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: I think that we can turn this team around quick with the core of players we have. Honestly, the offense is just an offensive line away from being good. We still have Green, Kroft is looking better, Lazor's playbook is making the offense as a whole look better, Mixon and Gio are beasts and can carry the offense if we have a good OL, Erickson is looking like he was an absolute steal, and Ross COULD be something good.
The defense is still solid. We just have to work on the run defense, but honestly it could be a coaching thing. When have we ever been a good run stopping team under Marvin? We still have a lot of pieces that will make the defense great.
We do need to pickup a good HC, and use the draft/FA to fill in our big holes. That IS asking a lot, but it can be done and I have seen teams in worse situations than us (talent wise) turn around that fast.
It is coaching, i mean Billings, Glasgow and Tapou were all amazing run stoppers in college. We get a new DC and DL
coach to work with these guys and we could go from the worst to the best in stopping the run in one year.
New LB coach would go a long way as well, ever since we have had Haslett here i constantly see our LB'er not named
Burfict missing tackles or just plain being out of position.
(12-15-2017, 05:19 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: They'd have to have soooo much go right for them... it would take a homerun draft, homerun head coach hire, good coaching staff, fill needs via FA... It would all need to fall in place to turn this into a contending team.
I DO think we have keys pieces in place to make a run, but with so much uncertainty around line, entire coaching staff, ownership/front office... it's not something I would hold my breath on.
I disagree with you here HH, Marv has constantly sabotaged himself over the years and still had success here.
To just have a new HC with some common sense would go a long way. I seriously think Marv and PA flushed the last
two seasons down the toilet and we still are winning more than 5 games. We have good players and if we had decent
coaches our worst players would improve.
We need a HC that is Offensive minded stick to the Offensive side of the ball and stay there.
Or the other way around. If the coaches stick to what they know we will be fine.
(12-15-2017, 05:22 PM)Takedown Wrote: The thing is, we're not that far off. A HC with 25% more common sense than Marv., 2 good lineman at least and a better LB to go next to Burfict. We could have won more games this year, but we have a 2 y/o with all the pieces to our puzzle trying to put it together.
You nailed it on the common sense right before me TD.
Just hope that toddler waddles aside, that would be my dream.
