Going into this season with Robinson and Hubbard as the tackles, again, was another major miscalculation, borne of arrogance and hubris by him and Freddie that they could turn those shitbags into a decent line.
The jury is still out. I think the thought was solid: last year w Freddie, Mayfield barely got hit. If we kept it bunched, then it really helps to have an outside threat drawing a double or getting 1-on-1 coverage. If we spread out, there’s Juice inside with Higgins and OBJ out wide, and Njoku/Chubb on the field as well.
We have a very highly regarded OL coach who has turned late round picks into good starters.
We made a trade to get an NFL all pro for our QB who broke the rookie TD record despite not playing all year.
Peppers would look excellent for this type of D. He is the third linebacker or 5th DB on any given play. But, we had to give to get.
Vernon has disappointed, but let’s see how the year plays out.
A bigger disappointment is Baker. He simply hasn’t been at all like last year. The bye week should help.
For me, I have Freddie as the biggest disappointment. I think this is part of being a rookie head coach, and my expectations were too high. I believe his game management has cost us 2 games, and the penalties are incredible.
I thought we would get over the hump this year, and we still might. We were an end of half disaster against the Seahawks and with a depleted team we lost to the rams on 1st and goal.
We saw against Baltimore what a focused team can do. Baltimore isn’t amazing but we dominated, and on the road no less. We need to find consistency and gel. We aren’t playing loose: penalties, drops, picks, bad in-game coaching, and some key injuries. It seems to all happen at the worst time, costing us at critical moments.
I can’t say I see arrogance from Dorsey. I love the dude. It’s only frustrating as a fan if you are married to the Window idea, where we aren’t going to have a chance after Mayfield’s rookie contract.
We need patience as fans and we have very little. It isn’t our fault bc the pessimists have been spot on until just about 3/4 of last year.
I just want to see good football. I think we will have a helluva post-bye run, but it might start after the Pats game. Like I don’t even mind if we lose, but we’d better be close. Just play good football. I don’t want to be outschemed and the players have to make plays.
Let’s just take it a game at a time and support the team. Enjoy the games and if you don’t, turn the game off and go mow your lawn.
