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
It’s all the injuries on our offensive line. O line is horrendous! Defensive ends ripping right through both of our offensive tackles, right to our QB. Everytime Pete is asked about it, he minimizes it. We got Stone Forsythe going against Nick Bosa Thursday. God help us. Our Defensive front cannot get through opponents offensive line. All these QB’s on teams we play against are back there cooking breakfast. I swear Shane Waldron is on drugs or something with his play calling. Positive Pete needs to quit being so passive and take charge more. So many reasons to name.