Post by TheOGPhatThor77 on Sept 12, 2021 20:01:23 GMT -6
A lot of fans I see today have been blaming the coaching and somehow Rick for today's performance. And as an ex higher level football player, I understand the effects coaching has on a team.
But today's biggest issue BY FAR was the penalites and you CANNOT blame that on the coaches. False starts are on the players, holding is on the players, two illegal formations for our tackles lining too far back before the play, IS ON THE PLAYERS.
The offensive line lost us the game today. A couple of missed assignments by the corners lost us the game today. Not being able to stop the run and tackle, lost us the game today. Call me crazy but Zimmer isn't out there making tackles in the 4th quarter. These are faults by the players and they need to held accountable for that. Not just Zimmer.
To be fair, not a fan of the way Zim coached today and he is on the hot seat for me. But today's loss wasn't on him alone.
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As for Rick.....how can anyone blame him for today as well? I keep seeing this depth argument...but I fail to remember a time when we were using all of our depth during the game today. Our starters got beat, or, they beat themselves mostly.
You can blame Rick all you want for not having depth and apparently missing on draft picks. But while you're all bi**hing about Rick and his missed picks, I never heard the praises for him picking Danielle Hunter in the 3rd, Stefon Diggs in the 5th, Dalvin Cook in the 2nd, Justin Jefferson in the 1st, Irv Smith Jr in the 2nd, Anthony Barr in the 1st, Eric Kendricks in the 2nd, Harrison Smith in the 1st, Teddy Bridgewater in the 1st, Everson Griffen in the 4th (I believe), KJ Osborn in the 5th, Alexander Mattison in the 3rd, Ifeadi Odinigbo in the 7th, Mackenzie Alexander in the 2nd, Stephen Weatherly and Jayron Kearse in the 7th, Trae Waynes in the 1st, Sharrif Floyd in the 1st, Percy Harvin in the 1st, Phil Loadholt in the 2nd, Adrian Peterson in the 1st, Sidney Rice in the 2nd, John Sullivan in the 6th, Ray Edwards in the 4th.....I know some of these are going back to when he was co-GM and some of these players obviously aren't still on the team but these are a LOT of ABSOLUTE hits in the draft. We get all these successes, and yeah we also have a Troy Williamson, Garrett Bradbury(meh), Mike Hughes (injury), Jeff Gladney (legal issue), Laquon Treadwell, Matt Kalil (injury/performance drop off), Christian Ponder, Chris Cook and Toby Gerhart picks that were either huge busts, had legal issues, suffered injuries changing who they were and didn't work out. But all in all, I say Rick is a Top 10, potentially Top 6 GM in the NFL.
But today's biggest issue BY FAR was the penalites and you CANNOT blame that on the coaches. False starts are on the players, holding is on the players, two illegal formations for our tackles lining too far back before the play, IS ON THE PLAYERS.
The offensive line lost us the game today. A couple of missed assignments by the corners lost us the game today. Not being able to stop the run and tackle, lost us the game today. Call me crazy but Zimmer isn't out there making tackles in the 4th quarter. These are faults by the players and they need to held accountable for that. Not just Zimmer.
To be fair, not a fan of the way Zim coached today and he is on the hot seat for me. But today's loss wasn't on him alone.
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As for Rick.....how can anyone blame him for today as well? I keep seeing this depth argument...but I fail to remember a time when we were using all of our depth during the game today. Our starters got beat, or, they beat themselves mostly.
You can blame Rick all you want for not having depth and apparently missing on draft picks. But while you're all bi**hing about Rick and his missed picks, I never heard the praises for him picking Danielle Hunter in the 3rd, Stefon Diggs in the 5th, Dalvin Cook in the 2nd, Justin Jefferson in the 1st, Irv Smith Jr in the 2nd, Anthony Barr in the 1st, Eric Kendricks in the 2nd, Harrison Smith in the 1st, Teddy Bridgewater in the 1st, Everson Griffen in the 4th (I believe), KJ Osborn in the 5th, Alexander Mattison in the 3rd, Ifeadi Odinigbo in the 7th, Mackenzie Alexander in the 2nd, Stephen Weatherly and Jayron Kearse in the 7th, Trae Waynes in the 1st, Sharrif Floyd in the 1st, Percy Harvin in the 1st, Phil Loadholt in the 2nd, Adrian Peterson in the 1st, Sidney Rice in the 2nd, John Sullivan in the 6th, Ray Edwards in the 4th.....I know some of these are going back to when he was co-GM and some of these players obviously aren't still on the team but these are a LOT of ABSOLUTE hits in the draft. We get all these successes, and yeah we also have a Troy Williamson, Garrett Bradbury(meh), Mike Hughes (injury), Jeff Gladney (legal issue), Laquon Treadwell, Matt Kalil (injury/performance drop off), Christian Ponder, Chris Cook and Toby Gerhart picks that were either huge busts, had legal issues, suffered injuries changing who they were and didn't work out. But all in all, I say Rick is a Top 10, potentially Top 6 GM in the NFL.
... and neither is this Chris guy.