Our Biggest Problem (other than turnovers)...IMHO
For starters, I think Sean Payton's playcalling is effective beyond question. There is no way we could move the ball like we do without his brilliant playcalling.
The coach doesn't fumble the ball, and the coach doesn't throw interceptions. I here people arguments in favor of Deuce and Reggie not getting enough carries.
And this is argument brings about our #1 problem.
I'm fine with Deuce's carries, and I'm fine with Reggies carries, I just think that we get to cute in the Red Zone.
Teams Like KC and SD hide no cards when they get to the red zone. They may throw one or two passes, but for the most part, they pound the ball with their great backs and make you stop them.
No matter Reggie or Deuce, I think we need to pound the ball more in the Red Zone. We have over 100 million Dollars invested in the running back position, we should start showing teams why.
Reggie has been doing a much better job running down hill, and we all know what Deuce can do. We probably would put more points on the board if we played more smashmouth football in the redzone.
Thoughts????????????
Here's mine:
I think we're losing for a very simple reason.....we are MAKING TOO MANY TURNOVERS! consequently we can't keep up with the opposition in scoring!.....now that is the main reason we're losing now-days!
But the argument can go way beyond this statement.....we can't keep up with the scoring of our opposition, cause we can't seem to stop ANYBODY!....TODAY we saw how our secondary got beaten mercilessly, and our offense played the almost whole game from behind......and when we were tied for a period of time, we committed turnovers, and carelessly gave up opportunity upon opportunity to get ahead on the scoreboard!
If we want to win games, we MUST STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER!...but that is easier said than done, and our players after a whole week of practice did exactly that, came out and produced another lousy performance, by turning the ball over 5 times AGAIN! ......so the real question is...how can we stop turning the ball over?
Look at the STEELERS......their players ARE THE W CHAMPS, and it took them a huge EMOTIONAL OUTBURST to change their collective behaviour!......word is, some of the players were IN TEARS prior their game against us.......AND APARENTLY that moved the whole team to such a disposition, that they themselves managed to play in such a high EMOTIONAL LEVEL, that THEY OVERCAME their mistakes......and in the end they won their game, thus they managed to turn things around!
Our players are in need of such a TURNAROUND!.....their lack of concentration eats deep into the psyche of the team, and right now I see this as the BIGGEST FIGHT in the new coaches tenure!....If he loses this fight, he will quickly become the second Haslet, and his team will soon have a negative turnaround, and they might start looking for the next coach.......OR, he will bring his young team out of this mess STARTING THIS OFFSEASON by bringing in better players, who are CAPABLE to play at a much higher level, especially at the CB position, while DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY from his star players, like Reggie Bush, D Henderson and T Copper, who collectively are screwing the team by committing untimely BLUNDERS!!