Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
Originally posted by stefano89:
how many f**king threads do we need about the same thing. we dont need a new thread every week examining everything thats already been examined on here.
Maybe not, but OTC pretty well enecapsulated every stinking shortcoming we have, and why. So say what you will, hats off to OTC...well done. I would add something but you have nailed it all, OTC...Thx.
You know, like many of us here, I am a highly emotional fan prone to outbursts on gameday and making emotional accusations or indictments of the team in the heat of the moment. However, knowing this, I find it is good to take time to reflect, dive deep, and take a full, detailed look at what is really happening to see if it's really as bad as we think it is.
The fact of the matter is, Lynch and Shanahan have hit on a lot of picks and UDFA players in these two first off seasons. I have, at minimum, seen promising things from all of this year's class, and last year the only obvious miss is Joe Williams. Outside of that, at worst, Thomas is disappointing but it's still too early (five games into year two) to say he's anything close to a failure or bust.
We just need to make more effective moves in free agency going forward. I get what we're going for. We want to establish the young core so we can set up the team for long term success once it's finally rebuilt, ideally by next year. But free agency is where you get those established guys to be bookends to that core group. We missed there.
I think we probably would've liked to see the team upgrade the supporting cast on offense more but I'll concede the team may not have expected Garcon's drop-off and couldn't see the future as far as the injuries to McKinnon, Goodwin, Trent Taylor, and Pettis.
Again, we were one play away in three games this year from being 4-1 instead of 1-4.
[ Edited by OnTheClock on Oct 12, 2018 at 11:23 AM ]