A Disaster In The Swamp

Another disaster in the swamp. At 1-1, we had a must win game in front of us. The defense has been good since week one's debacle. Last week ended with a nice offense drive to secure the game so hope was high for yesterday. Hope came crashing down once the offense took the field.

Chad has NO arm left. The is no zip. There is no accuracy. There is nothing but a $65 million dollar contract.

You can't blame the defense for yesterday's loss. This was all on the Big O. Well, except for Justin Miller's gaffe late in the game.

Let's start with Chad. Can you please hit a runner in stride? Can you please stop fumbling. Can you please throw a ball to a receiver's chest. Can you please stop throwing to the other team. If you can get all 4 of these aspects of the game together, things will be better.

The next problem is the offense line. Not sure why Curtis never has a hole but 2 yards per carry (that's what it seems like) is not acceptable. Maybe the opposition just knows we can't throw so they focus on the run but this is not good. Every time we are at the goal line, we can't get that 1 extra yard to get 7 points. I don't think age is a factor. I think Curtis can be effective but not when the QB has such troubles and when the OL can't create a hole. Maybe the problem is the tight end not being as good of a blocker as Becht was.

Another issue is the play calling of Heimerdinger. The calls are horrible. Again, this may be because we have a QB that can't function. But, I see the same problems as Hackett and this guy is suppossed to be an offensive guru. This must mean the QB is causing the offensive to be too conservative. It seems all day that we were 2nd and 11 or 2nd and 8, or ever worse when we had the penalty starting drives at 1st and 20. Penalities must stop expecially when the QB can't throw the ball 20 yards down the field.

Herman was making too many clock mistakes down the stretch and we always waste a time out early in a half when you need them for the end of the game. The most embarrassing was after a quarter ended where you have like five minutes, we come out on the field and then call time out. You can't do that. That's called being unpreparred.

I still can't believe Wayne Chrebet didn't catch the ball in the endzone but he catches that 99% of the time. My problem is that when you can't run for more than 2 yards per carry, when you get that close, don't waste two downs running the ball. Throw it in the endzone. And, if the QB can't throw (Pennington or Fiedler), then put in the 3rd string. That's why you have him.

Well, three weeks into the season of Promise, we now have a MUST win game. I truely hate season's of promise because they always wind up being seasons of disappointment.