Quote rpw="rpw"What the heck are my beloved Skins playing at....
can't believe we lost to the Lions the other week.. how embarrasing..
What's going on G1?'" Where do I begin?
It all starts at the top. The management do not value their own players above expensive free agents. So, they will let a player Antonio Pierce go rather than paying him market value and then spend higher on London Fletcher to replace him. Fletcher is a great player but young drafted players at the Skins know they value other teams players more. Champ Bailey said this when he left for Denver in 2004.
Then they fritter away the future by throwing away draft picks as if they're of no value. A 2nd rounder for Jason Taylor last year? Please.
Then they criminally neglect the lines in the draft, both offensive and defensive. They addressed the defensive line this year but then try and convert orakpo into a LB. The neglect of the offensive line in the draft has been criminal.
Having said all of the above they have still assembled a squad that should be doing much, much better than it is right now. The major issue with performances have been coaching. Sadly, because he seems a genuinely nice guy, but Zorn is lost. Completely lost. His playcalling is bizarre and I think he has lost the team. I think he lost it last year when he called some of his players out publicly, something Gibbs would never do.
Furthermore, Blache's defensive schemes are way, way too soft. This set of players with Greg Williams as defensive co-ordinator would win the superbowl even with our inept offense!!!!
A new coach is needed but a new GM is also desperately needed to take football operations away from Snyder and Cerrato. Snyder should just hand over the realms and sign the checks but, sadly, I don't think he can let go. Cerrato should be shown the door. I mean, why draft a pass catching TE in round 2 last year when you have Cooley on your roster FFS!
Still, don't be downhearted. Remember, however bad it gets it could be much, much worse..............we could be the Raiders.
