So where is the prediction thread? I've looked for it but can't find it; does Brook! have it in the vault somewhere? It should be nailed to the top of the list and locked so everybody can see how bad they were at predicting and not be able to change anything. I'm pretty sure I went 6 - 10 and was definitely way below the average. Two years in a row of being overly optimistic - "who'd a guessed?"
There are a few different prediction threads floating around. I predicted 10-6 in one, then chose 8-8 in one pole, and less then 7 wins in another. Search “record”.
The roster is much better than last year and a roster that a competent head coach can win with. Last we won 4 games but blew many leads and were competitive. This yeaes roster us fine and better than average but lacking in big areas like OL and CB. But the real problem here is not the OL it is coaching. How many times can you go 5 wide and watch free blitzers kill your QB and not adjust? Why leave a shell shocked QB in the game against NE so they can beat on him some more and destroy even more of his confidence. The problem is not the roster but a hard headed coach who will not protect his players or adjust when things are not working. I don't consider Bowles and Bates good coaches but they could win 8 games with this roster. The problem here is arrogance, ego and stupidity. Above all else protect your FQB physically and mentally. Gase is not a leader of men.
Probably so guys like you couldn't make three different guesses then cherry pick the right one after the season to show how good you were! Oh, man. Learn how to take a freakin' joke. Sorry you couldn't figure it out without an emoji.
I think you do have to make some allowances for a large number of injuries and the like at key positions which has lowered the available talent levels, but this doesn't dilute your point really. The opening day roster was significantly better than last year. The coaching isn't.
We looked decent on paper at the beginning of the season. Then game 1 happened. A lot of injuries, moves that didn’t pan out, blew up in our face even. People that say, “blow up the team” This is what a blown up team looks like. We had a different GM during the draft and after the draft. This season is just the perfect storm.
MacCagnan had a King's ransom to rebuild this roster last year and he invested it in the wrong places. He should have shored up our OL. He should have addressed CB. He probably should have drafted that Edge Rusher we still desperately need. Instead he overpaid for Bell and Mosley. Those are 2 very good players but I think of them as complementary players for good teams who already have a solid core. Mac left the Jets woefully deficient at key positions. I feel like for at least the last 7 years I've been saying - "boy, the Jets need a big draft this year". We all know how that's turned out.
Thank you! I feel wonderful knowing that no one will be a winner this year and all the riches will go to charity!
I get he got fired, he is gone. But I still can't wrap my mind why would he neglect the Oline. He has a scout background, correct? how could he not see that it was in such bad shape???? I would love to see him give an inter view and explain that to the fans.
Mitch Morse (C), Matt Paradis (C), Roger Saffold (G), Trent Brown (LT), Ja'Wuan James (RT), and DJ Fluker (T/G) were all listed in the top 70 free agents. The first five inside the top 35. We went with the runningback that hadn't played in effectively two calendar years. And Mosely, who I do like. But honestly our linebacker play was acceptable last year with Lee and Williamson and friends. It wasn't some horrible hole to justify the biggest LB contract ever.
all those lineman you list, while they are professional linemen which makes them certainly better than the scrubs starting this Sunday, are all average joes or damaged goods. Bell & Mosley are pro bowl players. but yeah, they shoulda overpaid for at least one of them. linebacker was a need. Sharon lee sucked and still sucks. More importantly though, the defense needed a lead by example type. which is what Mosely is. its too damn bad he got injured
Trent Brown has played pretty well for the Raiders. Everytime I watch a Panthers game, Christian McCaffrey is breaking off a 50 yard touchdown run off the center. I watch him a lot as he's on my fantasy team and I have Sunday Ticket. I can't comment on the others. And I love Mosely and Alabama LB's in general. So I guess I should complain less about him because I really loved signing him. They're usually true field generals as you stated.
