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Hello, my friends.
For those of you who know me, you know I am quite the optimistic fan. I tend to look at the positive side of things. That being said, this is probably about the most negative post you'll ever see from me.
This team is an absolute hot mess. The injuries are simply at a point where they're too much to realistically overcome. I have conceded that this season, for all intents and purposes, is over.
We cannot win without the best players on our team. I'd like to reiterate that any team with this string of injuries would not be able to effectively win games.
We have been/are down 5 of our top 10 players. Romo, Dez, Lee, Scandrick, Hardy.
We've lost/been without several guys in the 11-20 range. R. McClain, T. McClain, Leary, Mincey, Gregory, and now Dunbar.
We've had a few players in the top half of the roster trying to play injured. Witten, Carr, Martin.
This team has been battered to the likes of which I can not remember a team EVER sustaining the amount of injuries to their top players like we have.
This coaching staff has been hugely ineffective at adjusting to deal with these injuries; though it's hard to grade them, because I'm not sure what coach(es) out there could.
That being said, there are a few things that are really frustrating to me that are completely unrelated to the injuries.
Why is it that Morris Claiborne has gone this long not knowing how to study film? Have the coaches never sat down with him the past few years to see what he's getting out of film? How many other players do we have that can't study film?
As much as it hurts to say this, I think Sean Lee should really consider hanging up the cleats. He is an amazing football player, but he is completely unreliable. It would not surprise me at all if he decided to call it quits.
I really thought the running game would be okay after Murray left. The lack of success is in the shoulders of the OL and the RBs. It's been a total failure up to this point. The OL has been bad. Boy, was I wrong.
Yeah. Next week we get 2 players back in Rolando and Hardy. Color me unexcited. They are both going to be rusty for at least 2 games. I won't count them as "plus" additions until at least week 8.
I really wish Weeden hadn't played as decently as he did, because he just bought more time as the starter. Weeden is simply not good enough to be even a bus driver.
On that note, I feel like there are several players that are playing just barely good enough to not lose their job. There are a lot of bad football players on this team and that is concerning.
The play calling has been uninspired, boring, and flat. You can win games with good players and a simple scheme and playbook. You cannot win games with bad players and a simple scheme and playbook. So far, the play calling has been cowardly and sickening. When Christine Michael came in on that play, I wanted to throw up, because I knew they were going to try to pound it up the middle, and apparently, the Saints knew it too. That play had a zero percent chance to convert. It made me sick when they did exactly what I thought they would and gave him the ball. That is about as bad as you can call that situation as a coach.
I am losing faith in this organization's ability to handle adversity. When people are healthy, we can beat any team in the league. As soon as a few (albeit large) wrenches get thrown in the system, the staff folds. It's painful to watch.
Most of the players are playing with passion and drive, but ultimately, we are getting out-coached and out-talented.
If this is what the team looks like without Romo, then it'll be a long 5-10 years when he retires, because this team is going to have a hard time winning anything.
For those of you who know me, you know I am quite the optimistic fan. I tend to look at the positive side of things. That being said, this is probably about the most negative post you'll ever see from me.
This team is an absolute hot mess. The injuries are simply at a point where they're too much to realistically overcome. I have conceded that this season, for all intents and purposes, is over.
We cannot win without the best players on our team. I'd like to reiterate that any team with this string of injuries would not be able to effectively win games.
We have been/are down 5 of our top 10 players. Romo, Dez, Lee, Scandrick, Hardy.
We've lost/been without several guys in the 11-20 range. R. McClain, T. McClain, Leary, Mincey, Gregory, and now Dunbar.
We've had a few players in the top half of the roster trying to play injured. Witten, Carr, Martin.
This team has been battered to the likes of which I can not remember a team EVER sustaining the amount of injuries to their top players like we have.
This coaching staff has been hugely ineffective at adjusting to deal with these injuries; though it's hard to grade them, because I'm not sure what coach(es) out there could.
That being said, there are a few things that are really frustrating to me that are completely unrelated to the injuries.
Why is it that Morris Claiborne has gone this long not knowing how to study film? Have the coaches never sat down with him the past few years to see what he's getting out of film? How many other players do we have that can't study film?
As much as it hurts to say this, I think Sean Lee should really consider hanging up the cleats. He is an amazing football player, but he is completely unreliable. It would not surprise me at all if he decided to call it quits.
I really thought the running game would be okay after Murray left. The lack of success is in the shoulders of the OL and the RBs. It's been a total failure up to this point. The OL has been bad. Boy, was I wrong.
Yeah. Next week we get 2 players back in Rolando and Hardy. Color me unexcited. They are both going to be rusty for at least 2 games. I won't count them as "plus" additions until at least week 8.
I really wish Weeden hadn't played as decently as he did, because he just bought more time as the starter. Weeden is simply not good enough to be even a bus driver.
On that note, I feel like there are several players that are playing just barely good enough to not lose their job. There are a lot of bad football players on this team and that is concerning.
The play calling has been uninspired, boring, and flat. You can win games with good players and a simple scheme and playbook. You cannot win games with bad players and a simple scheme and playbook. So far, the play calling has been cowardly and sickening. When Christine Michael came in on that play, I wanted to throw up, because I knew they were going to try to pound it up the middle, and apparently, the Saints knew it too. That play had a zero percent chance to convert. It made me sick when they did exactly what I thought they would and gave him the ball. That is about as bad as you can call that situation as a coach.
I am losing faith in this organization's ability to handle adversity. When people are healthy, we can beat any team in the league. As soon as a few (albeit large) wrenches get thrown in the system, the staff folds. It's painful to watch.
Most of the players are playing with passion and drive, but ultimately, we are getting out-coached and out-talented.
If this is what the team looks like without Romo, then it'll be a long 5-10 years when he retires, because this team is going to have a hard time winning anything.
