Before I get blasted. Whenever I reference Watson. It's about his on-field play before we found out he was a creep. I've never met the guy, had no idea of his lifestyle. So, my only impressions were his public persona, what he did on game day and how he could help my favorite NFL team win a Super Bowl. After the allegations surfaced, I don't want anything to do with the guy and glad he is not on my favorite NFL team.
Believe it or not. I agree with parts of your post. My point is the 2020 defense was historically bad. You are still comparing 4-12/4-13 between the 2020 and 2021 squads without acknowledging the 2020 defense was historically bad and cost the team multiple wins. As bad as the 2021/2022 defense was/is, if the 2020 defense performed at the same level as Lovie's defense with generating TOs, providing good field position for the offense, the 2020 squad would have won more than 4 games. It's the classic argument of giving the QB too much credit or blame and looking at the 4-12 record in 2020 comparing it to 2021 and just saying it's the same result without evaluating the root causes or issues that led to the 4-12 record in 2020. No QB could have overcome the performance of the 2020 defense or the coaching staff that BOB assembled.
I agree that Watson is on another team and doesn't deserve mentioning. However, I'm a bit annoyed that we have spent years watching bad QB play and we are back to where we were before we found out Watson was a creep. I feel like while we wait to see if Mills can become a franchise QB, we are back to watching bad QB play, making excuses and it rubs me as being hypocritical. This forum was so consumed by a vocal minority nitpicking and criticizing a young QB that it divided this forum and at times made this forum unreadable.
Now we are realizing that the OL is an issue, LBs are an issue, play calling is an issue, run defense is an issue, WR depth is an issue, coaching can be an issue and overall talent is an issue. Well, no s**t, sherlock. Some of us have been posting this for years and too many posters would not listen. That's my point. There is a hypocrisy that is now permeating this forum that if aliens would visit and review posts from 2017 to 2020 and then compare the posts from 2021 to 2022, they would swear certain posters were abducted. So, nothing personal directed at you. Just directed at the previous lack of context, understanding and obtuseness that now leads to what I consider hypocrisy by posters on this great forum.