I also think youth is a poor excuse. I'm a Pete apologist/proponent but I feel for the first time in his tenure that he doesn't have a W/L record indicative of his talent. Seems like 11-5 talent with an 8-8 result. I don't see any position group being especially weak. Two losses to the Rams and...
People keep saying 2 game lead...it was a 1.5 game lead and now it is a .5 game lead. Losses aren't the only number in the equation.
The point stands that taking a tie would have been better mathematically, but what message does that send to your undefeated team?
I don't necessarily agree with the term rebuild either, but it certainly hasn't reached it's final 2.x form yet. 7-2 is great, I just hope nobody is extrapolating that to think we are going to end up 13-3 or 12-4. This team is very flawed and championship teams don't lose 2 home games.
Why not designate him as a TE and give him a 40's or 80's number so he doesn't have to keep reporting as eligible? I guess maybe he is our backup at both tackle spots, so maybe that has something to do with it. Can a TE line up as an ineligible position? He just plays a bunch of snaps at TE...
Guys, Moeaki is a legit #1 TE. Give him an off-season to get the intricacies of the offense down and maybe we need to draft a mid-rounder for depth. Since this is about Willson, I will give my opinion (for what it's worth.) There is a reason that he was the #2 TE at Rice...catching the ball...