This will be a bit long, but this statement hit me wrong and I had to vent.
This statement is a microscope into why this team is so "off." There are too many excuses, and I believe the coaching staff operates on excuses. It's as though we are the only team with injuries, suspensions, beefs with Goodell, beefs with the refs, players off their game. Every team has some form of these problems. The difference is other coaching staffs know how to overcome the adversity. Other teams know how to plan and create environments that put their
Existing Players in the best position to win. Our coaching staff needs a perfect team, with perfect depth, all 100 percent healthy, and no off field issues in order to function. That is a huge problem since that type of perfection does not exist. We may get close like last year, but the odds of this perfection sustaining itself is slim.
The problems we are seeing started to crop up when we got torched by the Broncos and the Rams earlier in the season with Zeke and Lee on the field. We were basking in the false glory too much to see it. Now the problems are in full display and we are surprised. But they were always there, and teams are figuring us out. What happens if Tyron Smith can't go for the rest of the season? He does not look good at all and I think he's still injured. What happens if Sean Lee needs 2 to 3 more weeks to heal? We all know he is a slow healer and he's been known to re-injure himself by coming back too soon. What happens if Zeke comes back from suspension and he looks rusty? There's only so much you can do training by yourself. This coaching staff has to learn to work around these things. They need to work through the adversity. But they have proven time and time again they can't do it. To make matters worse, I think the excuses are trickling down to the players and it's showing in their play.
Do you realize Philadelphia beat us without their starting all pro offensive tackle, starting middle linebacker, their most explosive running back, and their kicker on the sideline under concussion protocol? Sounds familiar? They still steamrolled us. The last 2 games Green Bay has beat us they did it with a depleted offensive line, a wide receiver converted to a running back, and with Clay Matthews hobbled. Now having Aaron Rogers helps, but they could have laid down too. Instead they came out and outplayed us.
I can go on and on with examples of coaches that overcome adversity. Look at New England. Lose Tom Brady for a 4 game suspension last year? No problem. They go 3-1 without him and win the Super Bowl. Quincy Carter is your QB? No problem. Bill Parcells wins with him anyway (and Troy Hambrick for running back) and goes to the playoffs. Tim Tebow is your QB? No problem. Denver Broncos rip up their playbook, installs a college friendly offense, go to the playoffs with him, and actually win. You see it all the time in this league. Every team has this adversity. It's what your coaching staff can do to overcome it.
Bottom line is sadly we are probably stuck with this coaching staff. I want Garrett and this staff gone so bad. I never wanted him in Dallas to begin with. I knew this kind of coaching would happen when we hired him. But if we are stuck with this front office/coaching garbage, they better start learning how to adjust and adapt. Or we will continue to see more of this mediocrity year by year, and we will waste the existing talent on this team.
No more excuses . . . .
