Relative to the salaries of players underperforming (i.e. Quandre Diggs), expectations of players not playing up to par like Derrick Hall, Woolen’s sophomore slump, most of the offensive line struggling, and Geno’s regression, where do you think we go from here?
Are there implications of complacency by players who’ve gotten paid like Dre’mont Jones? Where is the hunger/drive and veteran leadership on this team? So far it seems that Waldron has clearly lacked in game adjustments and game planning, and that we simply have no identity (why we aren’t running the ball more consistently or utilizing our TEs is simply baffling). There’s so much talent on offense that it just eludes me how we’re playing this poorly (especially in the redzone), even with the questions surrounding the coaching, Geno Smith’s decision making, and the offensive line woes. This team just looks ill prepared, outmatched, and undisciplined time and time again. Geno doesn’t seem to progressing through his reads, and a lot of that is due to pass protection, but the fact we don’t run screens or 2 TE sets to offset the pressure feels asinine.
Where do we go from this point? Wait for new ownership to hold Pete (or the next head coach) accountable? It feels like we’re in such a peculiar situation and Pete’s recent remarks on ESPN 710 feel inadequate and uncertain, even he can’t ascertain a lot of it (which is alarming).
This is what concerns me, veteran leadership is important, and outside of Wagner and Brooks, the only other person I’ve seen get fired up on the sidelines is Devon Witherspoon. Where are the leaders on the defensive line and rest of the secondary, or the offense in general, for that matter?
The body language by players (especially on offense) seem to encompass passive, disconnected, dissatisfied, and disgruntled emotions. I’m totally empathetic to people who are introverted (I’m wired that way myself to a certain degree), but you have to move past that and try to uplift your team and show some comradery.
What’s being conveyed and the perception by others matters, and it doesn’t seem like this locker room is playing for one another. I hope that changes moving forward. And it goes without saying that our game planning and play calling need to do more to help Geno and the offense, he seems to have trepidation on his reads, and we have no consistent identity.