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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I mean, there’s some truth to what Jerm is saying. We didn’t luck into a Super Bowl but we did kind of steal one. Last year was supposed to be a rebuild. It wasn’t just at WR, it was playing a bunch of DBs with no experience whatsoever. But spags coached the hell out of them, and it turns out that our determination to beat cincy got us into the right offensive scheme at the right time.
You can’t blame veach for doubling down on it. But we’re seeing the flaws in the long term strategy. And several of us were uneasy about skimping on offense to do it. We can’t just blame this on regression as if we have the right players but they just suck a little more. They regressed because defenses adjusted to us and now we have the wrong players and they don’t have enough talent to overcome defenses playing us better. This year we’re back to talent being way more important than scheme on offense.
Some try to use the “who could’ve seen this happen” statement as if we didn’t triple down on slots with serious limitations on the outside, as if we didn’t triple down on catch and run guys, let alone getting a little cute trying to prove we can moneyball our way through the next decade. All the while playing roulette with our coaching staff.
That’s ok. We bandaid this offense this year, which I still am hopeful we can.the good news is we learned a valuable lesson, even if it was the hard way. This team goes as the offense goes. That is always going to be our best path to success.
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I appreciate you understanding what I was trying to say and not get hysterical…
When I say they heisted one, people automatically assume I mean something with a negative connotation and freak out…
We had so many things go right last year it’s not even funny and that’s all I was trying to say…10-3 in one score games which is insane, being gifted the #1 seed on the freakiest of freak medical occurrences, Mahomes’ injury not being as bad as it looked and him being able to play through it, MVS turning into prime Jerry Rice in the AFC Championship, and getting a questionable call at the end of the Super Bowl.
How many times will those things all happen and land in your favor? That’s what I meant…it wasn’t proof of anything, it was a GREAT season that felt quite charmed if we’re all being honest with ourselves….and a lot of people won’t and I get it.
The proof of concept would’ve been if it had worked this season too and well….yeah.
I *get* why Veach doubled down on it cause hell you just won the Super Bowl but you could see it wasn’t sustainable.