Search the Community

Here's the problem with that, KC was very beatable. OK, so we didn't have our A-game CBs in the game. Which of KC's WRs needed A-game CB defenders to defend them? Have you taken the time to actually look at KC's WRs? Rice is the only good one they have and he's a rookie, also playing in his first NFL playoff games. After him their next two leading WRs, at 460 and 315 Yards, with 3 and 1 TDs, boy howdy, both have catch%'s of 50%. Why do we need Tre White and Douglas to cover trash like that? Shakir's easily better than any of them. Hasty's probably better than any of them. And Kelce being wide open had absolutely nothing to do with talent. If the 5'6" Hasty were covering Kelce then perhaps that might make some sense. But there was absolutely no one covering him. That's not a talent issue. We were and are by far, the better team. To lose like that at home is inexcusable. That was the game we've all been waiting for and we, really McD, failed. It's even easier to take a position like that. Look, this notion that any of our coaches that got us close but no cigar, IOW to say 7-9, 8-8, or 9-7, but failed to make the playoffs, wouldn't coach this team to make the playoffs. McD's never had it easier than any of them. He got the easiest schedule that we've had since 2008 this season and other than that the easiest. He barely made the playoffs. He's had the luxury of not having to play the Brady-led Pats for two losses every season, and still, with Mac Jones at the helm the best he could muster is 5-2. His 9-7 in 2017 was worse than any other 9-7 or even 8-8 that this team had during the drought years, was easily the worst of the six 9-7 teams that failed to make the playoffs that season, and he made the playoffs purely for reasons of luck. Does NE dominate the division like they did during our drought years to the tune of all but two guaranteed losses every season for us? What if all of those teams go to face NE (and every other team) with Allen while NE had the likes of a Mac Jones (or Bledsoe) slinging the ball for them? What, that's not good for a few games? How many games did we win this season purely because Allen was our QB? The Steeler playoff game was one to advance us to this past game. We can probably add both Miami games, the second Jets game, the Raiders game, the Chargers game, the first KC game and maybe another couple. Imagine this team as coached by McD with our drought era QBs on the team. Who even envisions that team even merely making the playoffs. It's a fool's argument to suggest that that's the case. You say that it's real easy to become impatient in football per this topic. But it's even easier to be so afraid of missing out on an existing standard that ain't cutti' the mustard, in favor of something far greater. It's irrational, but many are so afraid of a return to the drought era days, that we've become complacent and content with winning the regular season, and even less than mediocrity come playoff time with our biggest failures being the supposed strength of our head coach. The entire thing reads like a parody. It's beyond comprehension.