People are sleeping on how incredible the roster turnover was this last offseason (plus Leonard Williams at the trade deadline). On paper they improved significantly at almost every position while retaining all their good players and continuity at QB. And yet, after 10 games, they have the same record as last year, but with a much more difficult remaining schedule than last year.
So why aren’t they better?
Defense:
D-Line:
Lost: Poona Ford, LJ Collier, Bruce Irvin, Shelby Harris, Quinton Jefferson, Al Woods, Alton Robinson
Added: Dre’Mont Jones, Jarran Reed, Derick Hall, Mario Edwards, Frank Clark, Leonard Williams, Cam Young, Mike Morris (IR)
ILB:
Lost: Cody Barton
Added: Bobby Wagner
DB:
Lost: Justin Coleman, Ryan Neal, Josh Jones, Joey Blunt, Jonathan Abram
Added: Tre Brown (back from injury), Jamal Adams (back from injury), Devon Witherspoon, Julian Love, Jerick Reed
Offense:
QB:
Same
O Line:
Lost: Austin Blythe, Kyle Fuller, Gabe Jackson
Added: Evan Brown, Olu Oluwatimi, Anthony Bradford, Jason Peters
TE:
Pretty much the same
RB:
Lost: Rashad Penny, Travis Homer
Added: Zach Charbonnet, Kenny McIntosh
WR:
Lost: Penny Hart, Laquon Treadwell
Added: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jake Bobo
*Notable injuries this year include Mike Morris, Uchenna Nwosu, Abe Lucas
Our d line sucks bad meaning that we have to rely solely on our backers and corners to cover which can work for a little while but soon our defense will begin to fall apart because our secondary is tired. Furthermore I’ve been noticing we are starting to rely on our corners for a pass rush as well specifically Devon which tires him out more.
O line got better. They have there bad moments but a lot of the team it’s actually because Geno holds the ball for way too long and takes sacks.
We have 4 wide receivers (crazy) that we can rely on but Geno is off and on and in our more recent games hasn’t been playing as well but not bad.
Lastly Geno, like I said an off and on QB that can get it done but he’s not nearly a mainstream QB that can sit in the Pocket all game like Hurts or Mahomes and just sling it all day. Which is why the run game is necessary
The Walker-Charbonnet combination is great and we can and NEED to get the run game going. As much as our fans hate to hear it Geno isn’t a passer we can solely rely on.