11-10-2017, 11:06 AM
(11-10-2017, 10:56 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I don't know Wyche ? I think we're teetering on the edge of 90's bad a lot closer than we want to admit.
IIRC we're 13-18-1 since the 8-0 start to 2015, and 5 of those wins are against the hapless Browns ! If we didn't have that luxury we could easily only have 10 wins over what amounts to 2 full seasons.
I'd agree we have a better core as of now. But will we next season ? The season after ?
We need major changes ! We need to go into dry dock and completely overhaul this thing or I'm very afraid we're headed back into the abyss.
Oh yeah fan, I agree....we're headed down a bad path, but this team could be competitive at least had the FO just admitted their failure along the oline and done something about it in FA. Most of the 90s was a lot farther from competing than that. Those defenses were terrible, as was the line. The similarities in the WR corp are striking though....one playmaker with not much else, for the most part.
To me, the biggest failures the last two seasons were Zampese and the line. The defense has been good enough, and we have a good QB, and some good pieces on offense. We need another guy who can get separation on O, Kroft is emerging as a reliable TE, and Bernard is a good back, Mixon is yet to be seen as to his potential. The 90s were an abomination across the board, save for a team here and there that were decent.
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