If we bring up 2023, we would have to bring up the fact that Jimmy G flat out sucked. If anything, that's where he screwed up. I guess he didn't realize that like others, Shanahan's system covers a multitude of sins..
If McDaniels didn't leave for the Raiders, we would be looking at Mac Jones totally different. He was a rookie; what were we expecting? I won't say that he was a star but that was a good foundation to build on, but to just be like "game manager" when every QB whose team is in the playoff is a game manager is the take that I was speaking more to. These QBs are running the system and normally have a top 10 defense and a top tier run game...lol.