Jeeze, I know we have some blind Dak hate on this board but the amount of vitriol being thrown at him today for yesterday is completely nonsensical. I don't even think half of the people doing it believe themselves.
1. Nothing about Dak's contract will prevent the Jones' from filling in the holes that destroyed us yesterday. That is a dumb narrative no one should buy. It certainly hasn't impacted the roster this year.
2. The defense did the same thing as in GB. Literally no one showed up. I think an under-discussed issue is that if Tank and Micah don't show up then we have 0 pass rush. None. Even Tank is iffy in that regard. Losing Sam Williams, or at least the role he was supposed to play this year, is really hurting.
3. We have one offensive weapon in CeeDee, and with Ferg out that was very apparent. Cooks would be a great WR3 but he's unfortunately WR2, and if he's taken away we're just screwed. Tolbert made one good grab but if you watch the All-22 none of you would blame Dak. These guys aren't getting open at all, are falling down, etc. 88 is doubled at least, and the rest of them are blanketed by defenders. Just a comedy of errors at this point. As asinine as it will sound to some, I'd call Houston and see about a 7th for Schultz. He had good chemistry with Dak and we have nothing behind Ferg. Nothing. Based on Houston's first two games he seemed to be targeted less than some of their younger TEs and so it may be worth a shot.
4. We have no running game, obviously. Zeke isn't as bad as we all feared, but Rico nor Deuce are these secret weapons we were all hoping for. We need to trade for one of Seattle's backs IMO when Kenneth Walker gets healthy.
5. Jerry needs to either trade some mid round picks for two starting defensive tackles or a 1 for a pro-bowl DT. Not sure who or what teams would let them go, but that should be doable at the end of the month.
I don't even know how to quantify the defense. If we got a better RB and ideally one more WR I think the offense will be fine, but I know it's completely unrealistic to expect this FO to trade for DT, WR, and RB in-season. At a bare minimum they have to go after RB and DT. They have to do what they did last week and generate pass rush with Overshown, the safeties, etc.I know they were trying to stop the run yesterday, but Carr had all day to throw when he wanted to. Someone better at football 101 than me will have to explain how they let those receivers get so open, or how they can seemingly run outside at will. The interior runs got stopped relatively well, but then the lack of DTs really became apparent as the game wore on.
I'm fine with blasting Dak when he deserves it, but yesterday was just one of those days where he and Ceedee couldn't overcome the entire rest of the team not showing up, and the coaches being outcoached. Maybe it really is time for McCarthy to go, I'm just sick of having to start over all the time.
