Hi Matt. Well, I started out with about ten paragraphs of stuff typed up to explain why 1948 style football won't work in the NFL anymore. Do you or anyone else really need me to convince you? It is right there in front of everyone to see. Your points are right on and I will add some more. Daunte Hall and Lawrence Tynes. Both were cast aside like old shoes. For what? NOTHING in return. Only a bad pick for a kicker that did not work out and absolutely ZERO return game. You have to love the latest nonsense coming from the local talking heads on the sports radio channels. You see, this is all Dick Vermeil's fault. Too many bad and traded first round draft picks. Uh, okay but lets look at those "blown" traded picks. They picked up Roaf, Wiegman, Waters, Holmes, Green, and Tony Richardson. Yep, to hell with those two superbowls, Vermeil was an incompetent idiot. I have some news for these apologists. EVERY NFL TEAM DEALS IN FREE AGENTS NOW! You cannot completely build a team from the draft. If you get great players their re-signing bonuses will not allow you to pay all your other draftees that work out what they are worth. This management has botched drafts since it has been here. It did not start with Dick V. You talk about bad choices, look at the cap money we are out for a "franchise back" who cannot play. A guy who many fans were fed up with last year even though he had run lights out. FWIW, remember this. The announcers yesterday said that while the Chefs had only four first round picks left on their team since 2001, the Donkeys had only ONE. It doesn't stop them from coaching what they have.
Injuries. Yep, every team gets them but look at the Jets under HE and then the Chefs. See any eerie familiarities? It is what you get when your line is eating 8-9 man bull rushes of the passer or a run blitz on nearly every running play. It is called PREDICTABILITY. You can count on one hand the number of teams in the last 25-30 years who have won a championship trying to play this old school football. 85 Bears, 93 Giants(Bufflalo's kicker missed a chippy 16 yarder or we wouldn't be talking about the 93 Giants),and the 2000 Ravens. Did any of them come within a whisper of repeating? I think the answer is obvious. Now you look at the dynasty teams. Frisco, Dallas, the 70's Steelers, and the Pats. They could all play ferocious D but they could also score when they wanted to, not just when they needed to. That is the difference between great coaches like Bellichick, Mike Shanahan, Walsh and our coach. Like it or not, you have the second best coach in the NFL out there in Denver and somehow, bad drafts or not, he keeps plugging in running backs and linemen and just goes out and wins most seasons. It is called coaching to your talents and abilities. Our guy just tries to impose his scheme whether he has the parts to do it or not. Even if he had "his" players it would not lead to a superbowl. Look, we had the best "Martyball" guy of all, Marty. He could not get it done and everyone knows our playoff record under him. Is there any reasonable person who thinks this guy could somehow pull off what no other martyballer could? This is a joke that no one is laughing at. Until the owners get a belly full, we have at least two more years of this crap to watch.
Thanks for the post... I'd really like to see your 10 pages too! Looking for this week's fan post for the blog page!
