CowboyRoy
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I posted this in another thread but the topic is probably of interest.
Somebody asked why we have not been successful as a team.
You guys will have many answers and I have many questions as a fan for over 50 years.
Here is my answer to the question..
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They have not been successful becuz they take on too many hopeless headcases like Hardy and Gregory and Irvin and Rolando McLean.
They continually take on more like them in Austin, Claiborne, Carr and others who either can not stay healthy or under perform but have big contracts.
Now we have resigned Lee who never can finish a season and resigned Witten who bless his heart can't get deeper than a 5 yd. turn around pass.
This is depressing.
It's a pattern of hoping they are right and depending on a core of stars to carry the load and hope the rest come along.
Fully about 25 % of the roster is not productive and cannot contribute much.
Special teams is a joke..we have nobody who can return a kick past 10 yards and will not make fixing it a priority.
Jimster used to say you had to win 2/3rd of the offense, defense and special teams to succeed.
We win on offense or fight to a stalemate, we fall behind on defense and have to mount furious 4th Qt. comebacks and our kicking game is average with no returns to speak of.
Last year we were very lucky in the second half of the year that both the Commanders and Philly had QB problems and we caught them.
Do not plan on that again.
The odds are against us.
Now what?
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It's the off season and FA has not improved anything and not much has changed except we have lost 4 starters in Swaim, Gregory, Irvin and and a LBer to KC again..
and signed some camp bodies at TE and safety and a rotation DL.
This is a significant net loss so far and I am not looking forward to the draft as we are too far down to expect anything that is going to help replace these losses.
Add to that our schedule in 2019 will be more difficult this year and I am trying to see where to be positive.
I think I need some help.
JERRY and his affinity for puppet loser coaches. Simply cant compete on the big stage with frauds like Garrett leading your team.
Before McClay got here it was a wider trough of issues.