Originally Posted by
chief31
So now, after we have lost all those vital players for the year, NOW, you are predicting 5-11?
That was what I was expecting before they played a single game this season.
That is what I was expecting before Charles and Berry were injured.
So, for me, they are kind of ahead of schedule, since the injuries should have cost us another game, or two.
Do I blame the staff for it?
Sure, To a degree.
But, for the most part, I am blaming circumstance. We were over-confident after 10-6 from 2010, and we would need to figure out that we still had a lot of work to do.
I figured we would be knocked out of the playoffs by now, and, without the shiny prize to distract us, we could get our focus back, and resume the work on improving our game.
I figured it would take a while before the offense started to mesh with the new OC.
I just don't see anything that I was not prepared to see.
The two blow-outs to start the season were a bit of a shock. But not completely mind-boggling. Several teams started out not looking like they were supposed to, and have kind of pulled it together after bizzare starts.
And, beyond that, we have The Doplhins game.
One game, where both sides of the ball failed. And the offense has continued to perform poorly.
I don't see how that could shock anyone. Jamaal Charles is a truly unique talent, who succeeds where other good players would fail.
Thomas Jones looks like a loser in this offense, yet we all know better. Larry Johnson looked like a talentless hack, and JC came right in and started having big game, after big game.
When you remove that guy from your operations, there is no way to be surprised by some serious struggles.
I am not making excuses. I would have to think highly of Pioli, or Haley, to bother making excuses. And I do not.
I am simply pointing the reasons for it all, as I see it.