15 minutes ago, Quiet Boy said:

hurts isn’t chained to the mic in the helmet.

he’s called his own game before.

the blame’s a two-way mirror—coaches and players both in the reflection.

the team’s got to figure it out before the glass cracks.

100% this! It isn’t one player, it isn’t one coach, it is everyone and they all need to get it together. If they do then we know what this team can achieve.

6 hours ago, time2rock said:

You seem to contradict yourself from the first bolded sentence to the very next.

If we go from being a "generation team' to "better than average" that does indeed point to a drop off in talent.

However, I do think we have enough talent on this team that we should be looking better than we have (not only in the loss last weekend but in the wins in the weeks leading up to it). Far too many stupid penalties, communication issues, and just overall mental mistakes for a team that just won it all to be making.

What I was trying to say is yes our lines are not as before, but far from the End of the world that some people are trying to make it out to be. In fact we are still pretty good, but the lines have to jell , mistakes have to be fixed, and coaches have to adjust and call better plays. Stick with the run plays would be a welcome change. We have several easy games ahead to win and build more confidence. Possibly let some players heal, so that they are fresh in the second half of the season.

On 10/6/2025 at 1:47 PM, Utebird said:

D line is fine, Carter is a bit banged up but the D is still playing really well.

Replacing Becton with Steen isnt that big a drop off, the bigger drop off has been the other 4 regressing, namely Dickerson and Jurgens who have been awful, people keep telling me theyre hurt, yeah so what, that doesnt mean they dont suck its just a possible reason why they are stinking it up

Last year PFF had Mailata their top rated OT so far this year hes at 15th and after the last game where he played poorly that rating will most likely drop

Johnson has been fine but not dominant as in the past, his age is starting to show, add all that up and you get an O line that cant get any push in the run game and cant consistently pass pro, which makes for zero running lanes for barkley which is a problem on a run first team.

The problem is that everyone on the planet knows when we are going to run the ball. About the only time we run is when Jalen is under center and I think he has only passed from there around 5 times all season. So as soon as the D sees him get under center, they know a run is coming and they crash the box. That's a bigger reason why there's no lanes.

The offense has given up 18 sacks while the defense has recorded only 9. Sacks are not a perfect indicator but they are a pretty good one, and in this case, those numbers match the eye test. Both of the lines, which are supposed to be a strength, are a weakness. Solve that both ways and they resume being a Super Bowl contender, but that is hard to do mid-season. Carter, Dickerson and others getting healthy would be a start, but even with that I am not confident it is going to happen.

I don't understand why our backup Guards are all under 310..that is not what we have done or had here...our guards have been big boys that can handle the big fatties at DL yet mobile enough to pull when we ask that

of them...

On 10/6/2025 at 8:11 PM, Sack that QB said:

Hard to know if the guys will get healthier who are banged up if we don't know what's going on with any of them. Thanks to the Eagles for their Area 51 injury policy for that.

I've been expressing my concerns about Edge since March. You can make the case they lost 3 or of their 5 best pass rushers from last season. Sweat, Milton, BG. And they did very little to replace them. They tried to go cheap with upside to save money for future contracts, which is understandable, and so far it's burned them.

This is it.

Our lack of top tier talent at edge is exposing our CB’s and amplifying the step down in talent there.

To say they're not as strong is being so polite. We have no edge rushers other than Smith. Read the D analysis today at Bleeding Green Nation. DT Young is playing like he's not an NFL player and we are getting nothing from the 10th pick in the 4th round, Robinson. Howie foolishly traded Booker. Ojomo can move but can't hold his ground at the point of attack. The pass rush sucks. We can't stop the run or pressure the QB. And these two CBs with Q out and the rookie S playing like a lost dog wandering the neighborhood, Jefferson and CO should get 350 plus yards passing on Sunday

Injuries and lack of depth is the maim difference this year. Foolishly traded Kinnard and Booker before the season. The replacements of Toth and Young have been God awful. They would have come in handy right away this season. Regretting those moves. Along with Rodgers and Becton in offseason. If kept, that's a Superbowl roster with depth now. Now, we are spinning wheels and will have to swallow what comes along, til guys get healthy and reinforcements from trades/signings come in.