About where we should be.
Let's face it. This schedule looked pretty cake before the season began I thought, which is why I thought we had a shot to go 11-5 or 10-6 and make the playoffs. Look at what has actually happened though.
The Ravens are better than we thought.
The Lions are too.
The Division is WAY better than we thought. The Giants are 7-3!! They are simply the worst 7-3 team I've ever seen in my life but it helps when you play the Rams in London and steal one from the Cowboys in week one.
But seriously, this schedule has been ridiculously hard so far after the first 2 games against the worst teams in the league. So yeah, 5-5 and that bad and there is at least a chance that we make the playoffs.
Packers... think we win because their defense is awful.
at Bengals... have a real chance here because A.J. Green is out for the year.
Ravens... have a chance here also.
So let's say in these 3 games we go 2-1.
That means if we go 3-0 in the 3 homes games in the Division we go 10-6 and probably sneak into the playoffs. Remember, we played awful against the Giants and almost won. We had the Skins beat. And there is a good chance that by the last game against the Cowboys they are resting all of their key players. So 10-6 isn't crazy.
Specific to the talent here is why I see.
The front 7 is good to very good. Bennie Logan is as good as Fletcher almost. The linebackers are very solid I think Bradham needs to be extended long-term despite his off field issues. He is a very solid player. It's also time to extend Reid. He is the real deal also. Clearly we need to spend a mid-round pick on a player here for depth but as I said the front 7 is solid.
The secondary is ok. The main priority in this offseason is getting a true lead corner. The entire secondary will be better if you have a true shutdown guy. And the good news is those guys are available usually in the middle of the first round. The safeties are fine. McLeod is very good. And the other corners are fine too but we need a lead guy
Offensively, I am encouraged by Wentz but not over the moon. He is not a great deep thrower yet. I hope that develops. And he is not as athletic as I thought he would be. He is not Russell Wilson. He is not even Andrew Luck or Aaron Rodgers athletically. He is Eli Manning or Tom Brady.
On the offensive line, we are better than I thought. JP is playing great and I think likely to be resigned next year to a 2 or 3 year deal that keeps him at LT. The biggest need is depth on the interior of the line and maybe another C. Big V is pretty good guys. Notice his name is not getting said much since the Redskins game which means he is NOT holding and he is not getting beat that much. I'm encouraged and I think it speaks to how well Wentz is at getting the team in the right play and making quick decisions.
OK now for the controversy.
OUR WIDE RECEIVERS ARE NOT HORRIBLE.
There I said it. DGB played his best game as an Eagle yesterday. OK, so his stats came in garbage time but who cares. The kid is like 22 years old and needs reps and confidence and yesterday he got them. He is only going to get better. Don't give up on him. Matthews is a VERY SOLID 2 guys. He could be Reggie Wayne if we can find a Marvin Harrison. Nelson Agholor is not going anywhere and I don't think he should. We are not in practice guys. We have no clue what he looks like. He is a 23 year old kid who according to all reports busts his ass, works extra hard after practice, but appears to be trying to hard. I am not ready to give up on him because let's face it we are not going anywhere this year. We need to give him 3 years. I know that is not popular but you just can't give up on a kid that you drafted in the first round less than 2 years ago.
What the WRs need is a speed guy. If the corner they want is not there in the draft, they could draft the WR out of Oklahoma Westbrook who has speed to burn or the kid out of Baylor. Both of those kids are stretch the field types. From there, Matthews, DGB, and Agholor will fall in line as a 2/3/4 WRs. We just simply don't need all new WRs. We need 1 speed guy.
As for the RB position, they need a between the tackles pounder that can get 3-4 yards. Not sure who that is but I hope they don't take Leonard Fournette in the first round. That would be a terrible move. He is a good RB but I would never take one in round one and that includes Ezekiel Elliott. Wayne Gallman out of Clemson or a player similar to that would be fine with me in the 3-4 round and we will be able to run the ball even better than we can now.
So I think we should all take a step back and realize this was a rebuild year. the schedule was tougher than we thought and personally I've seen some things to be excited about. We were not massively outmanned yesterday. Russell Wilson played great and we had trouble covering their speed. We moved the ball on them but shot ourselves in the foot. Its what young teams do.
I'm encouraged and think next year with a different schedule this team is primed to actually go deep into the playoffs.
Let's face it. This schedule looked pretty cake before the season began I thought, which is why I thought we had a shot to go 11-5 or 10-6 and make the playoffs. Look at what has actually happened though.
The Ravens are better than we thought.
The Lions are too.
The Division is WAY better than we thought. The Giants are 7-3!! They are simply the worst 7-3 team I've ever seen in my life but it helps when you play the Rams in London and steal one from the Cowboys in week one.
But seriously, this schedule has been ridiculously hard so far after the first 2 games against the worst teams in the league. So yeah, 5-5 and that bad and there is at least a chance that we make the playoffs.
Packers... think we win because their defense is awful.
at Bengals... have a real chance here because A.J. Green is out for the year.
Ravens... have a chance here also.
So let's say in these 3 games we go 2-1.
That means if we go 3-0 in the 3 homes games in the Division we go 10-6 and probably sneak into the playoffs. Remember, we played awful against the Giants and almost won. We had the Skins beat. And there is a good chance that by the last game against the Cowboys they are resting all of their key players. So 10-6 isn't crazy.
Specific to the talent here is why I see.
The front 7 is good to very good. Bennie Logan is as good as Fletcher almost. The linebackers are very solid I think Bradham needs to be extended long-term despite his off field issues. He is a very solid player. It's also time to extend Reid. He is the real deal also. Clearly we need to spend a mid-round pick on a player here for depth but as I said the front 7 is solid.
The secondary is ok. The main priority in this offseason is getting a true lead corner. The entire secondary will be better if you have a true shutdown guy. And the good news is those guys are available usually in the middle of the first round. The safeties are fine. McLeod is very good. And the other corners are fine too but we need a lead guy
Offensively, I am encouraged by Wentz but not over the moon. He is not a great deep thrower yet. I hope that develops. And he is not as athletic as I thought he would be. He is not Russell Wilson. He is not even Andrew Luck or Aaron Rodgers athletically. He is Eli Manning or Tom Brady.
On the offensive line, we are better than I thought. JP is playing great and I think likely to be resigned next year to a 2 or 3 year deal that keeps him at LT. The biggest need is depth on the interior of the line and maybe another C. Big V is pretty good guys. Notice his name is not getting said much since the Redskins game which means he is NOT holding and he is not getting beat that much. I'm encouraged and I think it speaks to how well Wentz is at getting the team in the right play and making quick decisions.
OK now for the controversy.
OUR WIDE RECEIVERS ARE NOT HORRIBLE.
There I said it. DGB played his best game as an Eagle yesterday. OK, so his stats came in garbage time but who cares. The kid is like 22 years old and needs reps and confidence and yesterday he got them. He is only going to get better. Don't give up on him. Matthews is a VERY SOLID 2 guys. He could be Reggie Wayne if we can find a Marvin Harrison. Nelson Agholor is not going anywhere and I don't think he should. We are not in practice guys. We have no clue what he looks like. He is a 23 year old kid who according to all reports busts his ass, works extra hard after practice, but appears to be trying to hard. I am not ready to give up on him because let's face it we are not going anywhere this year. We need to give him 3 years. I know that is not popular but you just can't give up on a kid that you drafted in the first round less than 2 years ago.
What the WRs need is a speed guy. If the corner they want is not there in the draft, they could draft the WR out of Oklahoma Westbrook who has speed to burn or the kid out of Baylor. Both of those kids are stretch the field types. From there, Matthews, DGB, and Agholor will fall in line as a 2/3/4 WRs. We just simply don't need all new WRs. We need 1 speed guy.
As for the RB position, they need a between the tackles pounder that can get 3-4 yards. Not sure who that is but I hope they don't take Leonard Fournette in the first round. That would be a terrible move. He is a good RB but I would never take one in round one and that includes Ezekiel Elliott. Wayne Gallman out of Clemson or a player similar to that would be fine with me in the 3-4 round and we will be able to run the ball even better than we can now.
So I think we should all take a step back and realize this was a rebuild year. the schedule was tougher than we thought and personally I've seen some things to be excited about. We were not massively outmanned yesterday. Russell Wilson played great and we had trouble covering their speed. We moved the ball on them but shot ourselves in the foot. Its what young teams do.
I'm encouraged and think next year with a different schedule this team is primed to actually go deep into the playoffs.
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