burmafrd said:
You really cannot see the forest for the trees, can you?
The D was MUCH improved- no one was blowing us out like last year.
the O- for at least part of the season untill the line went into the tank- was kicking some serious butt. Now I am not saying KC type of O, but once again MUCH improved. AND as I said- if you cannot see that then its your problem.
By the way, I think Henry's injury was actually the critical one on D- his support of the run was badly missed as well as the pass D. FS was a big hole that needs to be filled- but the ONLY big one on D. Compare that to last year. The kicker really hurt us this year- by consensus a good kicker would have gotten us 3 more wins this year in all likliehood; that gives us a first rd bye as well as the Division. (though the bye thing might not be all that great to have, judging from this year). Now with the O line the way it was, we were not going anywhere any way- but still....
Should the O line improve next year like the D line did THIS year..... I can see us going all the way. Our D was good enough to do the job- and should be very improved next year. So- honestly- I really think you are pretty much out to lunch on your evaluation.
I guess we shall see...but 6yrs of being coached by the same guy on defense with virtually the same results every yr tells me something else
and as much as people want to bark at the kicker, remember we did get a win ourself because of another team missing a fairly easy fg
in regards to the offense...we were good vs San Diego, bad vs Washington, good vs SF, mediocre vs the Giants and good vs Philly...that was before the injuries...ie, we were still pretty inconsistent...people scream left and right about somebody missing a fg vs Wash, but the fact that people ignore is that the defense had a 13-0 lead with 4mins or so to go, and gave up two terrible tds....THEN our "improved" offense only needed to gain a couple of first downs for a potential game winning field goal after that td, but we didnt get a single first down vs the Commanders defense (after we got the ball around mid field) and lost...vs Seattle we had a couple of shots to score tds to put the game away but didnt (int and a fumble recover deep in their territory), then with a 10-3 against a team with none of its top 3 wr's we allowed them to go uncontested down the field 84 yds for a tying td
good defense dont let teams convert stuff like 4th and 15's and 3rd and 27's, especially when games are on the line...good defenses dont let teams go the length of the field to win or tie games late in the 4th qtr...the Giants tied a game they had no business being in when the defense gave up 50+ yds and a td in two plays...the "improved" defense let KC gain nearly 500 yds, then with the game on the line allowed said team to basically go the length of the field in 22 seconds
so you (and a few others) can cry till your blue in the face about how a kicker making 3 fg's would have us 12-4, but the teams track record shows they probably would have blown the lead anyway
like I said...we all have opinions...I'm just going by what I see on the field and what we have all seen since Parcells took over here (ie, no improvement over a course of any of the 3 seasons) and a defense that hs 6yrs of the same old same old going for it
I hope I'm wrong and we win it all next yr...somehow I think we'll all be having these exact same discussions next yr however
David
