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It passes time and I do it frequently. But fun ?? Absolutely not.

Groan

You say that like it's a bad thing right now

If I am Reich, this is 4 down territory

An int is the only thing that will help right now. The D had no push, looks confused and probably too winded

Come on, team!!!

You are being too kind

Yep. This looks bad right now. McD better get him team together

Anderson looking competent but he needs manageable distances

Making up for his two unexpected catches

Worse than Lonnie Johnson?

I know too early but that is Pretty much game over

BS call

Dang. I thought it's incomplete pass but he took two steps. Fumble

2 catches by KB..... In the same game

Sorry but there is no evidence of that. Also, even if I assume thats true, isnt it the coach's job to get the best out of his players ?

Would have loved to see Mack lay the wood on him

There is a dearth of OL talent around the league. You keep the good ones and get to where you need to go with other resources e.g. trade up with future picks. Glenn is a very good OT and we would have a pair of great bookends which would have made Allen's job much easier. At a minimum he wouldnt get as beaten up as he has. Besides, the run game would flourish further reducing pressure on the passing game. That non-penalty was really really egregious.

My point was that one of the coaches job is to get all sorts of personalities to work together with the singular goal of winning games. They need talent (Dareus, Watkins) or hard working (Woods). Coaching is so much more than game planning and schemes. McD certainly displays a lack of patience with players who don't come in with built-in 'process acceptance'. He is not going to find the likes of Kyle Williams at every position.

Well said, Dave.i think back to Phil Jackson and the Bulls. He had to manage an ego maniac like Michael Jordon, a horny weirdo like Rodman and the nice boy Kerr to win multiple championships.

The issue (one of them) is getting rid of players without an adequate contingency plan and lack of effort in securjng credible alternatives. You can reconcile away individual players such as Darby and Dareus but they chipped away at the roster. Goodwin, Woods and Watkins all together were very good. We should have retained at least two of them. They would have undoubtedly helped Allen and eased his learning. This point cannot be debated against.

I get that they were trying to build up cap space but why sacrifice an entire season to get there ? I am no capologist but surely there are less painful ways to get there. And how did getting rid of AJM/keeping Peterman fit into this logic ? It does not. What about preaching performance yet continuing to hang on to Crossman ? I have been all about patience but it ran out sometime during the Jauron/Gailey years.

Last year's team did very well but overachieved only in the sense that they got to the playoffs. Be that as it may, the success should have been a launching pad for a better 2018 season yet it is obvious that the team as a whole regressed. There really is no logic to loading up on defense at such a serious disregard for the offense. You are willing to excuse that as a 're-build' but I say there really was no reason to do that. A more balanced approach and a less "not drafted by me syndrome" would have been a practical way to go. How many new coaches are credited with over-achievement only to follow it up with a bad next season due to the lop-sided talent loading ? Getting at least one OL, getting a receiver like Crabtree would have been totally doable in this past offseason. Then there is a mis-judgment of the QB situation despite ample proof from last year that IntercePeterman will never ever be good enough to be on a roster. The trading of AJM was a monumental mistake. I am not willing to write it off as the price of such a re-build. Much as I disagree with BADOL, I am with him on this point that we kept getting this bill of goods in the package of a "re-build" when there is little other evidence that it is a strategy which is a winning one in the long run. It makes me sad to see the turn around by teams like the Rams, 49ers when we continue to wallow in mediocrity.

That hit should have been called . Wasn't fate as much as a cheap shot on Allen

What kind of answer are you getting right now with Allen? What exactly is he learning? I don't mind drafting another QB but any rookie should get at least 2 seasons before giving up on him. Goff is the most recent good example of taking a huge step up after a terrible rookie season. McBeane had set up the O for failure. The least they can do is minimize the damage