pittpnthrs":tkq6aq5j said:Our plan - rid team of distractions, get young new players in that wont question Carrolls ways and get 'on board' so to say, free up cash, attempt to run the ball again.
What will actually happen - Carroll will hang it up in a couple years when his contract expires because the Rams and 49ers beat on us and we cant reach the playoffs, Schneider takes his leave also as he continues to reach and miss in the draft, the running game will still blow as will the offensive line and Russ finally gets sidelined with injuries, the defense will be middle of the road.
Sgt. Largent":37gwqyp2 said:pittpnthrs":37gwqyp2 said:Our plan - rid team of distractions, get young new players in that wont question Carrolls ways and get 'on board' so to say, free up cash, attempt to run the ball again.
What will actually happen - Carroll will hang it up in a couple years when his contract expires because the Rams and 49ers beat on us and we cant reach the playoffs, Schneider takes his leave also as he continues to reach and miss in the draft, the running game will still blow as will the offensive line and Russ finally gets sidelined with injuries, the defense will be middle of the road.
Well that's depressing.
pittpnthrs":1wyyne4x said:Sgt. Largent":1wyyne4x said:pittpnthrs":1wyyne4x said:Our plan - rid team of distractions, get young new players in that wont question Carrolls ways and get 'on board' so to say, free up cash, attempt to run the ball again.
What will actually happen - Carroll will hang it up in a couple years when his contract expires because the Rams and 49ers beat on us and we cant reach the playoffs, Schneider takes his leave also as he continues to reach and miss in the draft, the running game will still blow as will the offensive line and Russ finally gets sidelined with injuries, the defense will be middle of the road.
Well that's depressing.
Yeah, I know, but thats how I see it playing out.
TwistedHusky":3ugcjz4n said:That is a lot to put on Russell Wilson.
Wilson reminds me of Krieg, without all the fumbles. A 3x better version but the running around and saving the offense stuff is pretty close. But closer to Krieg than Steve Young is the point.
TwistedHusky":2cke6go5 said:Define competitive?
This is the same team that literally set records for TD impotence over the past few years - in an era when every advantage is given to the offense.
And the no run game thing is no excuse, because we had a run game in the earlier season. A middling one but it was not horrific like the last one. And yet we were going multiple games without a TD.
You do realize that to 'compete' you need to score TDs right?
TwistedHusky":214fe77j said:Maybe but Young was better at all the things a QB is actually supposed to be able to do.
And he did it before they changed a collection of rules to naturally favor the QB. Young was putting up numbers back when the average QB was throwing for 200yds a game. Wilson is faster, quicker and more elusive but Young was a much better QB.
Young was also good in all 4 quarters, not just the 4th quarters of 1/4 the games.
Wilson could be great and is great in small stretches. But we are reaching a point where we need production to start outweighing potential. Wilson is not consistent.
And I don't think you can expect him to carry the team at all, if we have to strip it down. Then again, we have not seen him with an actual OL but for his first year. So maybe he is like Barry Sanders finally getting a FB and rips off a legendary season.
We will see. But so far, the FO stripping our defense out while giving him a cast of nobodies at TE & WR (besides Baldwin) and making the inevitable spotty draft production - won't make it easy for Wilson to get much help.
pittpnthrs":2zpkh946 said:Our plan - rid team of distractions, get young new players in that wont question Carrolls ways and get 'on board' so to say, free up cash, attempt to run the ball again.
What will actually happen - Carroll will hang it up in a couple years when his contract expires because the Rams and 49ers beat on us and we cant reach the playoffs, Schneider takes his leave also as he continues to reach and miss in the draft, the running game will still blow as will the offensive line and Russ finally gets sidelined with injuries, the defense will be middle of the road.
SoulfishHawk":1af22r4r said:Krieg and Russ are in no way even close to each other in the way they play the game. Wow