As down as people are on this team we are way ahead of where I thought we'd be. Well at least in the win column. Injuries have again derailed our season. That seems to be a trend down here. At some point you have to wonder if the training staff is doing their job. Of course the only "medical" advice I've ever given my son or anyone I was playing any sport was "rub some dirt on it" so I'm not really qualified to debate the finer points of sports medicine. Instead this is a look forward for the second half what I'd like to, and expect to see in the coming months.
Ok. You're 4-5. Of course you're not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, but..... its possible that the WORST team you're going to play the rest of the season is Denver. They are the only team that's below .500 left on your schedule. What you're doing isn't working, you just lost your ONLY legit corner (other than a rook that might have some promise) for the season, you can't find a healthy running back, your QB is getting pounded your WR1 has missed more games than he's played and to top it off you still have the worst secondary in the league. What do you do?
The advantage? This is your bye week. You start bringing in practice squad and young undrafted FAs in. This is the time you can find players. I don't want to hear the argument "We need Vets to get it done" because they aren't. Throw White Frye and Studdart in and see what we've got. Bring up Eschamandu (or however you spell it). On defense lets find out what Diles has. See if he can line up on the outside. In fact I'm even open to seeing if anyone that weighs over 220 and can run a 4.6 or under wants to try out for LB. What we're doing so far is only working against the very worst teams in the league. Seriously.
I don't see us winning many more games this year to be honest. I think that 6-10, at this point, would be a good season. If we manage to beat anyone.
I'm not saying we should mail it in. I'm not calling for that at all. I'm saying what we're doing is going to wind up with a sub .500 record, why not try some different thins. We have some people on the practice squad. There are free agents out there. We need to find some young guys who can play. There have to be at least two or 3 on this roster who can play that aren't.
Mike
Ok. You're 4-5. Of course you're not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, but..... its possible that the WORST team you're going to play the rest of the season is Denver. They are the only team that's below .500 left on your schedule. What you're doing isn't working, you just lost your ONLY legit corner (other than a rook that might have some promise) for the season, you can't find a healthy running back, your QB is getting pounded your WR1 has missed more games than he's played and to top it off you still have the worst secondary in the league. What do you do?
The advantage? This is your bye week. You start bringing in practice squad and young undrafted FAs in. This is the time you can find players. I don't want to hear the argument "We need Vets to get it done" because they aren't. Throw White Frye and Studdart in and see what we've got. Bring up Eschamandu (or however you spell it). On defense lets find out what Diles has. See if he can line up on the outside. In fact I'm even open to seeing if anyone that weighs over 220 and can run a 4.6 or under wants to try out for LB. What we're doing so far is only working against the very worst teams in the league. Seriously.
I don't see us winning many more games this year to be honest. I think that 6-10, at this point, would be a good season. If we manage to beat anyone.
I'm not saying we should mail it in. I'm not calling for that at all. I'm saying what we're doing is going to wind up with a sub .500 record, why not try some different thins. We have some people on the practice squad. There are free agents out there. We need to find some young guys who can play. There have to be at least two or 3 on this roster who can play that aren't.
Mike