By Thanksgiving, You are what You Are

Reality said:

Jerry: "We're only one game out of first!"

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Hawkeye19 said:

We are a 3-8 team.
Decimated by injuries.
Displaying a historically awful D.
Dogged continually by self-defeating mistakes and fundamental errors.
Saddled by an arrogant, stubborn Front Office.
Hindered by a number of bad long term contracts.
Led by an ineffective coaching staff.
Facing a number of massive decisions this offseason.

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being high), my confidence level in the leadership of this team is 1.7. Just don’t see much hope for this franchise to turn it around. They are overmatched across the board.

Everyone can see, the only way to restore confidence is to make a genuine change at GM. New philosophy. New decision structure. New focus. Ruthless change. Happens in the business world all the time.

But we all know this owner lacks the sack to do what ACTUALLY is required to be done to fix the root of the issue.

Barring McClay getting promoted to GM and JJ officially retiring, this purgatory is guaranteed to continue un-abated.

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DallasDomination said:

I don’t want to hear a damn thing about injuries

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Hawkeye19 said:

We are a 3-8 team.
Decimated by injuries.
Displaying a historically awful D.
Dogged continually by self-defeating mistakes and fundamental errors.
Saddled by an arrogant, stubborn Front Office.
Hindered by a number of bad long term contracts.
Led by an ineffective coaching staff.
Facing a number of massive decisions this offseason.

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being high), my confidence level in the leadership of this team is 1.7. Just don’t see much hope for this franchise to turn it around. They are overmatched across the board.

Everyone can see, the only way to restore confidence is to make a genuine change at GM. New philosophy. New decision structure. New focus. Ruthless change. Happens in the business world all the time.

But we all know this owner lacks the sack to do what ACTUALLY is required to be done to fix the root of the issue.

Barring McClay getting promoted to GM and JJ officially retiring, this purgatory is guaranteed to continue un-abated.

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xwalker said:

The only contract that is a big problem is Jaylon.

Zeke is over-paid but he is still a good player when the OL is good.

DLaw is a good player. He does not get many quality pass rush opportunities because the lack of team run defense keeps opponent offenses out of many 3rd and long passing situations.

Most of the off-season decisions are about the draft.

Jaylon is the only big contract that they should consider cutting before 2021.

There is no possible way to know if the coaching staff is bad or good due to the extreme circumstances (Massive injury issues, no off-season, etc..).

If you think the players are terrible, then you can't judge the coaching staff.

If you think the coaching staff is terrible, then you can't judge the players.

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Hawkeye19 said:

We are a 3-8 team.
Decimated by injuries.
Displaying a historically awful D.
Dogged continually by self-defeating mistakes and fundamental errors.
Saddled by an arrogant, stubborn Front Office.
Hindered by a number of bad long term contracts.
Led by an ineffective coaching staff.
Facing a number of massive decisions this offseason.

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being high), my confidence level in the leadership of this team is 1.7. Just don’t see much hope for this franchise to turn it around. They are overmatched across the board.

Everyone can see, the only way to restore confidence is to make a genuine change at GM. New philosophy. New decision structure. New focus. Ruthless change. Happens in the business world all the time.

But we all know this owner lacks the sack to do what ACTUALLY is required to be done to fix the root of the issue.

Barring McClay getting promoted to GM and JJ officially retiring, this purgatory is guaranteed to continue un-abated.

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Hawkeye19 said:

I would say Zeke’s contract is definitely a problem. His production has been declining the past several years, and if you are saying he needs All Pros at every position along the OL in order to produce— then that just further proves my point. Throw in the fumbles on top of his lack of leadership ability, and you have an under-performing player being paid elite/premium money at an under-valued and over-supplied position in the NFL.

Crawford is another bad contract in addition to Jaylon. We need to improve the heart of this D.

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