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A lot of you seem to be losing your minds over the results so far. Are you really that surprised? Were your expectations that high going into the season? And did they stay that high when our starters started mass migrating to IR?
Just enjoy development this year and look forward to next. Luck will improve his dumbass throws, our WRs will learn to catch or Ballard will find ones that can. The OL is playing well, in a new scheme, with an inconsistent lineup. The defense is further ahead than expected. Leonard is a blue chip, the front 7 system works well, they'll figure out the backfield once our corners don't suck. Our coaches are up-and-down but trending up as they gain experience. Ballard has made mistakes, but he admits them and shows he works to get better. Some of his decisions have been proven right, like drafting Leonard "too early" and keeping Hunt over Anderson (still should've kept Anderson, but I digress). I am not a homer. If anything I am a lean-negative fan and person. I think you just have to have a realistic perspective or you're gonna have a bad time. Even without the injuries this would be a team that would struggle to earn a winning record, it's just not there yet. |
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Yesterday's game was a shit show with lots of mistakes by many players and coaches. A very winnable game they just pissed away. Threw away a good 20 points, if not more, one way or another |
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Below are the squads that suited up for week 6 games this year and last.
QB's 2018 - Luck, Brissett (Clearly better) 2017 - Brissett, Tolzien RB's 2018 - Mack, Hines, Wilkins, Turbin Not a lot of difference, but considerably better receiving threat 2017 - Gore, Mack, Turbin WR's 2018 - Rogers, Grant, Pascal, Johnson 2017 - Hilton, Moncrief, Aiken, Rogers, Bray (Clearly better) TE's 2018 - Ebron, Swoope, Alie-Cox, Hewitt Better pass catching threat but a lot worse inline blocking 2017 - Doyle, Williams, Daniels OL 2018 - Castonzo, Nelson, Kelly, Glowinski, Smith, Clark, Boehm (Clearly better) 2017 - Castonzo, Vujnovich, Kelly, Clark, Haeg, Kalis, Person, DL 2018 - Sheard, Woods, Stewart, Turay, Ward, Ridgeway, Muhammad, Phillips Not a lot of difference, better at rushing the QB this year, but not quite as stout against the run 2017 - Anderson, Woods, Hankins, Hunt, Stewart, Ridgeway LB's 2018 - Leonard, Walker, Franklin, Adams, Goode Not a huge upgrade, but slightly better, due to the superlative performance of Leonard 2017 - Simon, Morrison, Bostic, Sheard, Sankey, Mingo, George CB's 2018 - Desir, Moore, Wilson, Hairston, Milton 2017 - Melvin, Davis, Moore, Desir, Hairston, Milton Probably Better S's 2018 - Hooker, Mitchell, Odum, C Moore A Push 2017 - Hooker, Farley, Butler, Green ST's 2018 - Vinatieri, Sanchez, Rhodes A Push 2017 - Vinatieri, Sanchez, Rhodes |
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Also, I don't think your conclusion that we are not as stout against the run this year is supported by the statistics. According to NFL.com we are currently giving up 3.7 yards per carry, whereas last year we gave up 3.9 yards a carry. So we've actually improved, despite the howls of protest heard here when Hankins, Simon, Anderson were jettisoned. I think our linebacker corps is greatly improved this year. A big chunk of this is due (as you point out) to Leonard's presence, but I think Walker has been a big upgrade too. Last year the LBs group, as a whole, were pretty pathetic. Also, I should mention that it might not be a full apples-to-apples comparison due to the change from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 defense. Lastly, and on more of a gut level, your comparison just highlighted for me how much better and more exciting our current roster is. Reading all those names from last year brought back depressing thoughts of mediocre play. Last edited by Chaka; 10-15-2018 at 02:39 PM. |
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This was quite literally a comparison of the squads after 6 games, so there would have been some attrition of the squad by this point of the season last year as well.
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None of the other losses were like that. Maybe Houston, but its a division game and always tough Yesterday was against a 2-5 team with a rookie QB and missing half their starting CBs themselves, Colts still couldn't manage to win. So yes, the other games were also close, but I wasn't surprised about a loss to Philly or NE or even CIncy in week one. This one, I expected them to win and they lose in disappointing fashion |
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Not exactly an imposing team, even if it is on the road. |
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