Sourcing nebulous experts and other like-minded posters is not persuasive. I like Brock too, and I don't think he would agree with a single thing you've stated in this thread. Salk might but he's not very bright. Either way, arguing that person X agrees with you is largely pointless on a discussion forum.
If we are not more talented than the team across from us then why is it necessarily a coaching problem if we lose to them? The Rams are better than we are at this point in the season, factoring in all of the variables including injuries. It will suck if we lose the division to them but that's how the NFL cookie crumbles. The Packers and Texans are both also in jeopardy of missing the playoffs this year and I doubt as an outsider you would blame either coaching staff.
That nitpick aside, I agree that we were one of the top 5 teams coming into this season. I wasn't quite as high as some given that we were forced to go with a LT with zero NFL experience again, but thought our defense could repeat as a #1 defense and keep us in games.
Then the last 13 games happened. We won a game that we could have lost, lost a couple that we could have won, and have had a bunch of key components of the team sidelined with injury. How we ranked in the preseason doesn't help us at all on Sunday vs the Rams.
If we are not more talented than the team across from us then why is it necessarily a coaching problem if we lose to them? The Rams are better than we are at this point in the season, factoring in all of the variables including injuries. It will suck if we lose the division to them but that's how the NFL cookie crumbles. The Packers and Texans are both also in jeopardy of missing the playoffs this year and I doubt as an outsider you would blame either coaching staff.
Statistics measure outcomes, not raw talent. Outcomes are driven by both talent as well as scheme and coaching, so a better way of stating that would be that we had arguably the best defense considering both talent and coaching.johnnyfever":3eiqh3v3 said:You cannot argue that pre season we had one of the top teams in the league as far as verifiable statistic based talent.
That nitpick aside, I agree that we were one of the top 5 teams coming into this season. I wasn't quite as high as some given that we were forced to go with a LT with zero NFL experience again, but thought our defense could repeat as a #1 defense and keep us in games.
Then the last 13 games happened. We won a game that we could have lost, lost a couple that we could have won, and have had a bunch of key components of the team sidelined with injury. How we ranked in the preseason doesn't help us at all on Sunday vs the Rams.