The Gruden Files - Year Two

Plus the Jets turned the ball over 3 times.

Dont be too hard on Todd Bowles though. After all, he is a first time head coach in this league. Let's give him some time to get accustomed to the job.

;)
 
Joe Gibbs is not walking through that door fans. Joe Bugel and Ritchie Petitbone isn't either. And if they do, they'll be gray and old.

The negativity in this town sucks.

:nana:
 
Callahan is actually good.

We don't need Gibbs but we need more than a coach who refuses to address his real issues and has an ego he hasn't earned.
 
Real issues?

Like three fifths of the Oline being out?

Or our starting corners being out?

Or DJax,Reed,Paul and Paulsen out?

Or just the general,putrid level of the talent on board?

I mean, the only coach I know of that could deal with almost half his starters out, is coaching youth football in Huntersville,NC with a bust in Canton.
 
Like not adjusting in the 3rd quarter

Like sticking with a qb who is a pick machine

Like special treatment for some players over others

Like misusing morris

Like horrible play calling

Like feeding the media

He's done all of that instead of deal with real issues.
 
To be honest I had zero expectations going into this game considering the circumstances. I'm not upset by the outcome but the way it played out was ultimately a disappointment. It's like the high school prom all over again. The pretty girl that said yes and led me to believe that I was going to get lucky at the end of the night only to disappoint. That shouldn't have been a surprise but one can hope.

This result shouldn't have been a surprise either, we see it play out across the league every week. Bad team scores early and holds it's own into halftime. Better team comes out of the locker room after a WTF session, wakes up, and gets to business.

I hold no animosity towards Cousins, he is what he is: the classic JAG. That's not his fault.

Some here seem to believe that Gruden bears zero responsibility in the fact that we don't have a competent qb. I vehemently disagree. Unless there is a master plan playing out where an organizational decision has been made to live with this at the position for this year.

Gruden to me is a career coordinator (maybe). He doesn't strike me as difference maker at the head coach position in any way, shape, or form. Call that negativity if you want, but I fail to see how we would take any kind of a step back were he gone at the end of this season. And that says it all to me.
 
No one should've reasonably expected us to win or even strongly compete today imho. We are devastated by injuries - and that's not an understatement. I would've sat Cousins today if I were Gruden after the 2nd INT - there's no excuse for throwing that ball and he deserved some time to think about it. We were still in that game and I'd have preferred we give McCoy a chance there. As far as Gruden, I don't know if he can get this thing going eventually. I agree that there aren't a lot of positive signs in year two. Doesn't mean he can't progress with better talent (or even just a healthy roster). But I wouldn't bet money on it either. As far as the QB situation, I'm not sure where you're going with that? What should he have done? Drafted a guy? I'm assuming if we thought a hidden gem was out there, we would've grabbed him. Traded for one? Who was available that was worth giving up draft picks for?
 
17-0 today in the 3rd....

We're in game 6 now and everyone knows it's an ongoing issue. What's the hold up on trying to change something?
 
If you don't feel that you've got competancey at the most important position in sports then you move heaven and earth to try and do so, or, at a minimum, lobby hard to do so if you aren't part of the decision making. Which I believe he is.

I maintain he though he had that. He clearly doesn't.

(Hell, we could have had Fitzpatrick for a late round conditional pick.) ;)
 
I think they were hoping that with full attention and focus (including a QBs coach) that they could mold Cousins into at least an adequate placeholder until they could draft a young guy. That looks more and more like a pipe dream but that may have been the thinking. I'm not sure what 'move heaven and earth' means though - I mean, it's a pretty limited pool if you aren't willing to give up major picks or a high draft pick. I understand your point, but that's probably one of the few areas I think the team is pretty limited in fixing in the short term.

The coaching QB magic bullet that so many here seized on sure doesn't seem to be having any dramatic effect.
 
Im not really surprised by this game either. It would have been a pleasant surprise to win but, eh.

Next week we have Tampa? That game will tell us something. If this team is truly different, if this is really a team that plays hard and is well coached but just lacks talent, we win that game going away.

If we lay an egg, its probably the same old song and dance: flashes early followed by an October/November Death Spiral.

We'll see.
 
Ok. Let me ask this:

Considering that we have no future starting qb on the roster at this time- Do you think that Cousins gives us our best chance of the three to win games the rest way?
 
I was talking to my buddy today about the Giants. The thing I have loved about Tom Coughlin is that his teams never give up. I'm not talking about 'in game', I'm talking about 'in season'. They may not always field the best teams, but Coughlin's Giants teams have always continued to scratch and claw. So much so that in some years, all of a sudden as the season is coming to a close, a previously discounted Giant's team will be a win or couple lucky bounces away from a playoff spot. The Redskins have historically collapsed after some tough losses, and even though far from mathematically out of the playoffs, find ways to underachieve and lose to lesser teams down the stretch. At worst we are only two games behind the NFC East leader after this weekend, at best just one game behind. But it feels like our season is over already.

I'll be interested to see if we keep fighting and can make something happen the rest of the way. That's going to tell the tale on whether Jay Gruden gets another year as HC in my opinion.
 
Ok. Let me ask this:

Considering that we have no future starting qb on the roster at this time- Do you think that Cousins gives us our best chance of the three to win games the rest way?

I thought Colt McCoy gave us the best chance last year, and I still believe in terms of being able to manage the game and execute the offense without making major mistakes, he's the best QB on the roster. Since Kirk can't throw the deep ball apparently anyway, McCoy's lack of arm strength shouldn't factor in much at this point.
 
I agree. So starting next week he should be playing. If he's not, why not?
 
Can't argue. I already said I'd have benched Kirk for McCoy after the 2nd pick.
 
Miami just replaced their head coach and came out firing on all cylinders today. Dropped 38 points.....

We haven't scored anywhere near 30 yet, have we?
 
Miami just replaced their head coach and came out firing on all cylinders today. Dropped 38 points.....

We haven't scored anywhere near 30 yet, have we?

Miami replaced the goat on a rope in the first Jurassic Park with the T-Rex.
 

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