LNBS: 10 things that need to happen after the bye

[dj56dt58]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

Maclin needs to step the **** up too

like holding onto the ball?

[Anyong Bluth]

Thanks, Boss!

Well done.

I think your #2 is shading your #7.

The oline has been terrible. No more. No less. Alex has been pathetic. I just see frustrations have hit a level where everyone is tired of excusing away or giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Bottom line is the line hasn't been giving close to consistent protection, AND when it has Alex hasn't stepped up and delivered.

When the Steelers have 2 sacks on the year and sacked him 3 times that's not serviceable. The line isn't doing Alex any favors, but he's not helping his case and equally failing.

BOTH had better improve if they want to turn their fortunes around.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Sio Moore gonna replace Lillard? Cause we are getting shredded on the ground and it's setting up our DBs for terrible 2nd and short situations

[farmerchief]

Originally Posted by BossChief

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4) Tyreek Hill needs to get the third most snaps of any WR on the roster going foreward or it's a coaching fail. Albert Wilson makes me want to kick puppies. I hate that no effort giving pussy. Tyreek has the talent to be a full blown difference maker on offense that's every bit as good as Percy Harvin was if used correctly. I said it while at camp after seeing him in person, this kid is going to be a star and its clear to see on game day what I was seeing in practice. I'm not surprised that he already has scored 4 touchdowns in 4 games (2 being called back for nonsense). This is going to sound absurd, but he just might be our *most skilled* offensive player. He has ELITE: speed, quickness, vision, field awareness, acceleration, spin move, and hands (I know he had the drops in one game, but he caught every pass I saw at camp and 2-3 of those were AMAZING catches. The kid needs to be on the field 60% of the time.
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You would think he would be used, as Pittsburgh is using Coates, with at least one GO route each game! Only problem, our starting QB cant get the ball out long enough to make this an effective option. Alex is starting to wear on me, so much, It wouldnt bother me if Foles, or dare I say, Bray, would get a shot to contribute.

[OctoberFart]

Basically the OP needs to turn off Madden.

[Red Dawg]

What should have been happening during the bye week is getting Foles ready to start. That is it.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

What should have been happening during the bye week is getting Foles ready to start. That is it.

If we don't change QBs during the bye week then we aren't changing this season at all, except for due to injury.

I don't expect any changes from Reid at all.


Hell, DaT is still wasting space on the roster.

[Red Dawg]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

If we don't change QBs during the bye week then we aren't changing this season at all, except for due to injury.

I don't expect any changes from Reid at all.


Hell, DaT is still wasting space on the roster.

I hope that's not true. Keeping him playing even though he's sucking ass should not be tolerated by Dorsey when you have a better option on the bench.

If they just screw over the players and let this season go down the drain without giving Foles a shot then we are screwed as fans. Smith doesn't deserve the respect franchise QB's get.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

I hope that's not true. Keeping him playing even though he's sucking ass should not be tolerated by Dorsey when you have a better option on the bench.

If they just screw over the players and let this season go down the drain without giving Foles a shot then we are screwed as fans. Smith doesn't deserve the respect franchise QB's get.

No we do not. Foles is not better than Smith. He is just not Smith which in your mind it makes him better.
If you think there is any chance that ANY QB other than Smith starts or plays in a game without an injury you are WRONG in a huge way. But that isn't a stretch for you.

[OctoberFart]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

What should have been happening during the bye week is getting Foles ready to start. That is it.

I wish Foles was starting this week. Cement feet and slow as shit. We owe that MF a payback.

[Sorter]

Ser BossChief is a good man, and true.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Ser BossChief is a good man, and true.

You're a loser tho

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Ser BossChief is a good man, and true.

Winter is coming.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Well, you pretty well hit it all on the head, boss. A lot of these issues can be fixed in tandem, though.

If number 1 occurs, the defense immediately jumps back to being a top 5 unit, IMO. The DL will play better. Right now Hali is really the only guy who I notice getting consistent pressure, but it's too late because no one else is pushing the pocket elsewhere. When Houston is in, it becomes easier for everyone to do their thing.

And the offense really sits on Alex. We've seen this show before. Personally, they should have Foles ready to replace him if he continues to play poorly, but how many times have we seen Smith respond to adversity before now? This is no different.

The bitching about everything (which I too am guilty of) will cede in a few weeks when we are 6-2 or 5-3.

[Anyong Bluth]

Happily awaiting the arrival of "that" game. The one where everything clicks and looks like a well oiled machine.

Almost like watching a speedboat forced to putter along by the shoreline awaiting to clear the no wake zone.

Just to inject a bit of guarded hope in general, and doubt to the cynics who self annointed
themselves as gifted surveyors to cure all ills on a macro level from afar.

You'd think after 4 plus decades of disappointment that the same group who have mastered, more or less, a healthy dose of clear eyed skepticism, would have nurtured a bit thicker of an emotional callus to ward off letting feelings so easily cloud their minds and spoil their moods.