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With an established HC. I could give a pass to a brand new to HC gig guy....

You forgot that we should play EJso we are really sure ion what we have with him. He hasn't even had a full offseason as the starter and hasn't started a full season...

Well said

Why couldn't he have been good

Why be nervous? You see how well he has replay under control - what is the worry? In all seriousness you hope the Pegs see the Philly circus and are smart enough to see that with the exception of NE the HC in total control never ever works out...

I dunno if I'd say game management is worse - it was pretty bad last year....

Pettine put on a show, but the run D was horrific...better than the previous D Coordinators since Wade (not saying much) Schwartz's scheme fit our personnel and it worked but it was a one-trick pony...

These types of moves usually turn out well....

Well coached teams usually excel at not turning the ball over.... He didn't accept responsibility yesterday....It was blamed on the Chiefs scoreboard personnel. Really? I think all of us know that the home team will never show that kind of replay on the screen. it is very impressive; he is a great speaker. It's all coach speak and he has been a HC for awhile, no excuse for issues with challenges. I don't expect perfection, but you need to learn from it and grow - he hasn't...he's actually down right stubborn. It's sad because I do like the guy and want him to succeed but he needs to 'Walk the Talk'....

Words just words. Honestly, this is a core aspect of being an HC - I could maybe see this for a new to HC'ing candidate, but come on ...

Honest answer: It is hard to specifically why there is a lack of big plays this year. Most likely reasons: 1.) Teams game planned better to neutralize our pass rush, 2.) Scheme/play calls not allowing our DL to rush 3.) Injuries & Mario can be invisible at times; can also play half-hearted too. Gilmore has played damn well and so has Darby both stopped many drives -result of scheme and letting them play - possibly. They are also talented.... Hughes when rushing the passer has been disruptive. Coaching should work to alleviate his PF penalties though... DBs have dropped many possibly INTs, but that is why they are DBs and not WRs... LBs scheme requires a lot of lateral movement, Brown and Nigel are not good East & West runners Not everything is black and white... coaching has been lousy and the execution has been to. Hard to blame it all on the players. The answer is in the middle, but is skewed towards coaching more IMO At the end of the day there are issues with both The lack of using the middle of the field with the TE up the seam or slants is maddening. We have short dump offs or bombs, neither of which is sustainable. Assuming that our coaches know what they are doing; these aren't being called due to player skill limitations, or very conservative play calling to eliminate LB INTs (which could be lack of skill on TTs part)....

Depends on which set of officials you have, what the time of day is and the orbit of the moon, Mercury and Venus....

And what happened in the 2nd half? Where did the preparation go? Did they all of a sudden forget how to play? Or did we not adjust to the Chiefs adjustments? Did our players stop executing or did we go conservative on offense and made 0 adjustments to the D when 3 of their starting OL went out (IE: pressure the hell out of them) It is easy to B word about the defensive scheme - all of the same players are still there from the past 2 seasons and they arguably got better talent wise with Darby. Did the DL forget how to rush the passer? I suppose it is tough to rush the passer when you are dropping in coverage.... You expect growing pains on the offense, not the defense. Edit:QB and coaching is what wins in this NFL. You can squeek by without a QB if you have coaching. Even if you have a QB, lack of coaching can prevent you from doing anything - See Philip Rivers

Players most certainly did not execute...how much of that falls on the players themselves and how much on a "player friendly" coaching staff? Our coaches themselves aren't prepared, if they can't prepare themselves properly can they be reasonably expected to prepare their players? F&ck me - is this in every thread?

And we expect the refs top know what a catch is? We can't even decide 24 hours after the game...

It took the franchise 25 years to become a winner and it has honestly been 20 years since we were good. Why relieve what we used to be? It brings back good memories of lots of family time at the those games and good memories from my early teens. It also reminds me of how the team fell apart and has been beyond atrocious for 16 years. I can only wish that the Cheats* fall apart the same way in the next couple years...

Rex is working on his spiritual aspect in life...

I don't think most people expected that. I do think that most people would expect that he would build upon it and play to our players strengths...that is not unreasonable

We have a winner!

On another note, do we still even want to be in it? What is the point of "getting to the playoffs" if you aren't going anywhere in them. It's evident that thus far our coaches can't even prepare us for a regular season game - do you think they will all of a sudden be able to get us ready for the playoffs?

Yeah the DL has been amazing this year

A true man of God...

Well Said...

Unfortunately; this is the truth... I really hope that this year he hires his football Czar...