We may have the best run defense in the NFL.
Josh Gordon coming back next week, just in time for Weeden to hurt his thumb. I hope it's not too bad, because we dont have anyone better. Tanking the season is not acceptable at this point. Not all good Qbs are found in the top 3 anyway. In fact, everyone in our division took a Probowl Qb later (Dalton 35, Flacco 18, Rapist 11). I'm not interested in the team giving up just to get another Qb, hindering development and bringing in a shitty attitude. There's no Andrew Luck, this year. Teddy Bridgewater is not even as good as people are giving him credit for. I think we all understand that what we have at Qb right now is not working, but we need someone to keep things relatively intact until we can find a better alternative.
Phillip Rivers looks like a new man without Norv.
The offense did move the ball a little. It's definitely not the worst thing we've ever seen. Gordon changes things immensely, provided someone can still get him the ball. I hope he's happy with himself. His absence has been devastating.
TRich has shown flashes that he's good. Without other threats, the defense just takes him away. He's obviously not AP or even close. He's looking for some sort of big college play that doesn't exist against a team like the Ravens. Someone needs to tell him to take the 3yds they give you and if you're still standing after they hit you, then show what you can do, if not just make sure you fall forward. He's not getting any help out there either though. He needs blocking and he needs the passing game to do something.
Speaking of blocking. Cousins is a whipping boy. He's making everyone around him worse. You can hope everyone on your line can block 1-on-1. Only guys like JT can, and he's not perfect either. Everyone else has to operate as a unit just to delay the rush. Your RG is almost never a good pass blocker, but he's supposed to get squeezed in and operate well in limited space and because they're normally very good run blockers you have to take pause at going after them. Cousins should never even be asked to start games inside. Maybe he's an emergency tackle for a game. Not a starter on the outside, he's a hindrance on the inside even in an emergency capacity. The front office has been derelict in their duties by not finding someone to come in until Lauvao comes back. Pinkston and Lauvao never that good in the first place. Trying to make a trade, and not succeeding, is not good enough. If Gilkey is just absolutely not ready, they've got to got to bring in someone.
