Goaldeje
The Legend
This place is crazy.
tr1-sanNo, BB, no.
You must have absolute faith in McCl. We have no deficiencies. It's in your head. All has been addressed. An underweight 5th round rookie will fix our run defense.
And, remember...if the team doesn't improve this year, there's always next year...and, the possibility of a new coach. And, he may have to bring in his guys...and, that could take a few years, you know.
Patience.
There's genius at work.



The receiving corps has the potential to be scary good ... but only up the point we have a QB who can make the right reads and get the ball out quick ... an OL that can hold up on 3rd and long in clutch late-game situations ... and a running game that at least keeps defenses honest. Down the stretch last year we saw two out of those three elements working. If we can get the third up to speed---doesn't have to be great, but does have to at least provide a threat---the 2016 offense will be fun to watch.
Well we know 3 things:
1. The WR group is awesome.
2. We have a great pass-blocking O-line. We gave up the 6th fewest sacks last year, even injured.
3. The QB gets the ball out quickly.
So I don't think there's any question about those points.
The running game would be a help.....but it likely comes down to improvement in the defense. Hello Junior, Norman and Cravens. And hopeful improvement from Kerrigan and Smith.
One thing I've noticed is that back in the day, while you'd see these vicious (by today's standards), head-hunting kinds of hits from time to time, overall, down in and down out, the game was played at a considerably less physical level than today's game. You didn't see full-speed collisions all over the field on practically every play like you do today.Man, I'd say over half of those old hits would be illegal now.
One thing I've noticed is that back in the day, while you'd see these vicious (by today's standards), head-hunting kinds of hits from time to time, overall, down in and down out, the game was played at a considerably less physical level than today's game. You didn't see full-speed collisions all over the field on practically every play like you do today.
The reasons are common knowledge, of course. Bigger, faster athletes ... so much more at stake financially (leading to bigger, faster athletes) ... today's equipment being so much more advanced (read: safer) it allows bigger, faster players to throw themselves into contact with ever greater abandon ... etc.
Just something I've noticed watching old games over the past few years. Seemed a logical time and place to bring it up.

Last year I remember hearing similar rumblings on various radio bits that Preston needed a little prodding to get going.Little blurb about Preston Smith. Seems the kid was a little hardheaded last season.

In other news, Shanahan is still bitter and hoping he can make it into the HOF one day.
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