11-18-2023, 03:00 PM
(11-17-2023, 07:40 PM)Joelist Wrote: Burrow is injured and out - it is what it is. Ranting about coaches or OL or whatever won't fix it immediately. He'll get the surgery, recover and be back. If the team approaches these 7 games the right way they are not wasted and meaningless. To me these games need to be used for:
1) Identifying the need places correctly so that we go into offseason with a logical plan.
2) Get all the youngsters lots of snaps. If a player is not expected to be here next year sit them, our youths need the snaps. The more snaps we get the kids the better they will be next year.
3) (this is real pie in the sky) Start rethinking how the offense should be schemed because this scheme is too much hoping on Burrow to be a superhero and not a sound one with a real identity.
4) Fix the defensive issues, and make sure the culture in the defensive room embraces good tackling and using your brain out there (read and react and lane discipline and backside are all mental things). ALL the defensive issues are mental at this point.
In other words, lay the foundation for 2024 so we come out of the gate storming and don't let up.
Nice thread Joelist. I have the same frame of mind as well. I am going to enjoy the ride while hopefully we learn from our mistakes
this season. Burrow will get a chance to learn on the sideline and become a better player, our young players will get a lot of valuable
experience which should be fun to watch. No point in fretting over things you cannot change. Better blocking on Offense and better
tackling on Defense is what we really need to see, this is what the best teams do well.
