5 Biggest Problems With The Team..

[Fresh]

1. Mike Mularkey, OC - The worst addition to this team in its history. Yes, worse than Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, and dare I say.. Dave Wannstedt. Four games into the season and he hasn't called a single decent game. He knows the OL can't protect, yet he's got our best WR running deep routes every down as if he has time to break the route. Who calls a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion? That's suicide. He needs to be fired right now and his job should be given to Charlie Baggett, who should've got the promotion to begin with.

2. Offensive Line, minus Vernon Carey & sometimes Rex Hadnot - Nothing needs to be said. They are horrible, and they've got some of you idiots blaming Culpepper for their problems. It seems like the line gets penalized on every possession, as soon as something good happens.

3. Nick Saban, HC - What the hell is he thinking? He blew a couple of dumb timeouts in this game and there has been a lot of miscommunication on this team so far. Also, on a 2pt conversion, the most important play of the game, shouldn't the call have to go through the head coach? What an idiotic decision to go on with a halfback pass. EDIT: O'yeah, he was dumb for hiring Mularkey to begin with. Thanks, Nick.

4. Safeties - Nothing special at all. Between Travaris Tillman & Renaldo Hill, I've seen absolutely nothing since day one. Maybe not a lot of mistakes, but the mistake-for-good play ratio is highly in favor of the mistakes. It's time to gamble and not just replace one, but both. Put Jason Allen & Yeremiah Bell back there. IMO, Bell outplayed Tillman last year and he outplayed every safety in the preseason.

5. ZACH THOMAS [yes, I said it] - Great career and greatly appreciated, but it's seriously time to find a younger replacement in the upcoming offseason. He has lost a tremendous step this year. He gets ran over at least once or twice every week, and I've been amazed by it. He looks a lot slower and his reads have been off. Sad to say, but it's time to replace him. The reason why it's such a big problem is because we heavily depend on him to keep the defense in tact.

Realistically, with a HALF-decent OL & Charlie Baggett, we wouldn't be nearly as bad..

 

[DoctorFeelgood]

The five biggest problems with this team:

1. Offensive Line

2. Offensive Line

3. Offensive Line

4. Secondary

5. Secondary

And that half-back pass on the conversion was a brilliant call. If Booker doesn't slip, he almost certainly completes the pass and we tie the game.

 

[Kdawg954]

Man I am in full agreement with you, especially the comment with Mularkey and what he is doing with Chambers. People need to realize that CPep isn't stupid and that there is a reason why he holds on to the ball. Terrible OLine, we are in max protect alot of times (meaning McMike, Peele, and Brown) are in protection . . . giving us only Chambers and Book out there . . . and with those long azz routes they run, even if Pep has gotta a tiny bit of extra time, don't mean crap if his guys aint open or their route is not finished. Definetly OLine and Mularkey need to change.

 

[Kdawg954]

And that half-back pass on the conversion was a brilliant call. If Booker doesn't slip, he almost certainly completes the pass and we tie the game.

U are kidding right . . . its like a bad 3 attempt in the NBA . . . if it goes in, then u did good, but if u miss . . . was hella STUPID. Same thing, I mean if somehow that pass is completed than sure would have been "gutsy call by Mularkey, but it paid off" . . . but this cat wants power football the whole game, and then wants a trickery play at the most crucial point of the game . . .I"m sorry . . it was a terrible call. I like the play . . . but was the worst possible time to call it. Thats why it is a bad play call.

 

[Godzilla]

U are kidding right . . . its like a bad 3 attempt in the NBA . . . if it goes in, then u did good, but if u miss . . . was hella STUPID. Same thing, I mean if somehow that pass is completed than sure would have been "gutsy call by Mularkey, but it paid off" . . . but this cat wants power football the whole game, and then wants a trickery play at the most crucial point of the game . . .I"m sorry . . it was a terrible call. I like the play . . . but was the worst possible time to call it. Thats why it is a bad play call.

I liked the call. And Brown had Booker for like 10 seconds wide open in the end zone. And he was just looking looking pump faking, then threw it.

 

[Fresh]

For the third consecutive Sunday on Finheaven [week 1 was a Thursday night, lol], I am in full agreement with KDawg once again. It's no coincidence that we always see eye-to-eye here. It's because we're watching the same game and it's evident on what the problems with this team are.

How can one call a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion brilliant? That next to listing the five biggest problems on the team WITHOUT including Mike Mularkey? Amazing........

Don't you guys find it amazing how every time we consistently give Ronnie the ball, regardless of how horrible the OL is, he pounds it, pounds it, and then eventually breaks something? Also, whenever we run the no-huddle with Pep it's successful? With that said, why do we wait until we're down by two scores [weeks 2 & 4] to run it? Indy runs it with Peyton quite often. Culpepper has been his best in the no-huddle because there's no Mike Mularkey to signal in a horrible play call.

 

[Kdawg954]

I liked the call. And Brown had Booker for like 10 seconds wide open in the end zone. And he was just looking looking pump faking, then threw it.

which goes to "Why have Ronnie in that situation" that man is not a QB, can u fault him for not seeing Booker? He should have never had to make that pass . . . which goes to not calling that play to begin with.

 

[dcdolfan]

1. Mike Mularkey, OC - The worst addition to this team in its history. Yes, worse than Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, and dare I say.. Dave Wannstedt. Four games into the season and he hasn't called a single decent game. He knows the OL can't protect, yet he's got our best WR running deep routes every down as if he has time to break the route. Who calls a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion? That's suicide. He needs to be fired right now and his job should be given to Charlie Baggett, who should've got the promotion to begin with.

2. Offensive Line, minus Vernon Carey & sometimes Rex Hadnot - Nothing needs to be said. They are horrible, and they've got some of you idiots blaming Culpepper for their problems. It seems like the line gets penalized on every possession, as soon as something good happens.

3. Nick Saban, HC - What the hell is he thinking? He blew a couple of dumb timeouts in this game and there has been a lot of miscommunication on this team so far. Also, on a 2pt conversion, the most important play of the game, shouldn't the call have to go through the head coach? What an idiotic decision to go on with a halfback pass. EDIT: O'yeah, he was dumb for hiring Mularkey to begin with. Thanks, Nick.

4. Safeties - Nothing special at all. Between Travaris Tillman & Renaldo Hill, I've seen absolutely nothing since day one. Maybe not a lot of mistakes, but the mistake-for-good play ratio is highly in favor of the mistakes. It's time to gamble and not just replace one, but both. Put Jason Allen & Yeremiah Bell back there. IMO, Bell outplayed Tillman last year and he outplayed every safety in the preseason.

5. ZACH THOMAS [yes, I said it] - Great career and greatly appreciated, but it's seriously time to find a younger replacement in the upcoming offseason. He has lost a tremendous step this year. He gets ran over at least once or twice every week, and I've been amazed by it. He looks a lot slower and his reads have been off. Sad to say, but it's time to replace him. The reason why it's such a big problem is because we heavily depend on him to keep the defense in tact.

Realistically, with a HALF-decent OL & Charlie Baggett, we wouldn't be nearly as bad..

Dude you must have ESP. I agree with you wholeheartedly. Also, I thought I was the only one seeing Zach getting mauled. I think its time for the youth movement. Allen, Roth, and either Vickerson or Evans. Actually, wouldnt mind seeing pope get some time at weakside lb.

 

[Marino420TD]

1. Mike Mularkey, OC - The worst addition to this team in its history. Yes, worse than Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, and dare I say.. Dave Wannstedt. Four games into the season and he hasn't called a single decent game. He knows the OL can't protect, yet he's got our best WR running deep routes every down as if he has time to break the route. Who calls a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion? That's suicide. He needs to be fired right now and his job should be given to Charlie Baggett, who should've got the promotion to begin with.

2. Offensive Line, minus Vernon Carey & sometimes Rex Hadnot - Nothing needs to be said. They are horrible, and they've got some of you idiots blaming Culpepper for their problems. It seems like the line gets penalized on every possession, as soon as something good happens.

3. Nick Saban, HC - What the hell is he thinking? He blew a couple of dumb timeouts in this game and there has been a lot of miscommunication on this team so far. Also, on a 2pt conversion, the most important play of the game, shouldn't the call have to go through the head coach? What an idiotic decision to go on with a halfback pass. EDIT: O'yeah, he was dumb for hiring Mularkey to begin with. Thanks, Nick.

4. Safeties - Nothing special at all. Between Travaris Tillman & Renaldo Hill, I've seen absolutely nothing since day one. Maybe not a lot of mistakes, but the mistake-for-good play ratio is highly in favor of the mistakes. It's time to gamble and not just replace one, but both. Put Jason Allen & Yeremiah Bell back there. IMO, Bell outplayed Tillman last year and he outplayed every safety in the preseason.

5. ZACH THOMAS [yes, I said it] - Great career and greatly appreciated, but it's seriously time to find a younger replacement in the upcoming offseason. He has lost a tremendous step this year. He gets ran over at least once or twice every week, and I've been amazed by it. He looks a lot slower and his reads have been off. Sad to say, but it's time to replace him. The reason why it's such a big problem is because we heavily depend on him to keep the defense in tact.

Realistically, with a HALF-decent OL & Charlie Baggett, we wouldn't be nearly as bad..

I can't lay much at the defense here. We have not given up many points. granted, the other team has not really needed to challenge our defense much, given our inept offense. All 5 rankings need to be on offense.

#4 Culpepper

Holds on to the ball too long. Seems lost. Terrible production.

#5 Ronnie Brown

He's actually ok, but when your are a #2 overall pick, you want something more.

 

[aquaattak]

1. Mike Mularkey, OC - The worst addition to this team in its history. Yes, worse than Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, and dare I say.. Dave Wannstedt. Four games into the season and he hasn't called a single decent game. He knows the OL can't protect, yet he's got our best WR running deep routes every down as if he has time to break the route. Who calls a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion? That's suicide. He needs to be fired right now and his job should be given to Charlie Baggett, who should've got the promotion to begin with.

2. Offensive Line, minus Vernon Carey & sometimes Rex Hadnot - Nothing needs to be said. They are horrible, and they've got some of you idiots blaming Culpepper for their problems. It seems like the line gets penalized on every possession, as soon as something good happens.

3. Nick Saban, HC - What the hell is he thinking? He blew a couple of dumb timeouts in this game and there has been a lot of miscommunication on this team so far. Also, on a 2pt conversion, the most important play of the game, shouldn't the call have to go through the head coach? What an idiotic decision to go on with a halfback pass. EDIT: O'yeah, he was dumb for hiring Mularkey to begin with. Thanks, Nick.

4. Safeties - Nothing special at all. Between Travaris Tillman & Renaldo Hill, I've seen absolutely nothing since day one. Maybe not a lot of mistakes, but the mistake-for-good play ratio is highly in favor of the mistakes. It's time to gamble and not just replace one, but both. Put Jason Allen & Yeremiah Bell back there. IMO, Bell outplayed Tillman last year and he outplayed every safety in the preseason.

5. ZACH THOMAS [yes, I said it] - Great career and greatly appreciated, but it's seriously time to find a younger replacement in the upcoming offseason. He has lost a tremendous step this year. He gets ran over at least once or twice every week, and I've been amazed by it. He looks a lot slower and his reads have been off. Sad to say, but it's time to replace him. The reason why it's such a big problem is because we heavily depend on him to keep the defense in tact.

Realistically, with a HALF-decent OL & Charlie Baggett, we wouldn't be nearly as bad..

On point BP, once again!

Now, hindsight is 20/20...Imagine if Linehan never left to St Louis...would our Oline still be this bad? Im sure we'd adjust our O to Cpeps' inability to move around quickly and more importantly the just downright embarassing smoking hot turd of an oline we have. But what can be done really??? Quick hitches 3 step drops....i dont know anymore, its been really painful to watch this...

Does Hadnot have any blame here?? Can he or is he making the right protection calls???

 

[painnotpleasure]

1.) O-line
2.) Mularkey
3.) Secondary
4.) Daunte
5.) Bring me the head of the one they call Saban.

 

[DoctorFeelgood]

How can one call a halfback pass on a 2pt conversion brilliant?

It was a brilliant call because Booker was wide azz open. The defense bit on the fake and Ronnie had a chance to easily complete the pass. Booker just slipped and fell. But as somebody said, the call is always brilliant if it works and stupid if it fails.

That next to listing the five biggest problems on the team WITHOUT including Mike Mularkey? Amazing........

Because Mularkey's play calling hasn't been anywhere near as bad as people make it out to be. No, I haven't agreed with every call, but it's ludicrous to say that he is the problem when we have an O-Line that looks like it would be overmatched by Carolina's defense... that is, the Carolina Tarheels, not the Carolina Panthers.

The play calling always looks good when the execution is good and always looks bad when the execution is bad. Right now we can't execute.

 

[ac_lanham]

I can't lay much at the defense here. We have not given up many points. granted, the other team has not really needed to challenge our defense much, given our inept offense. All 5 rankings need to be on offense.

#4 Culpepper

Holds on to the ball too long. Seems lost. Terrible production.

#5 Ronnie Brown

He's actually ok, but when your are a #2 overall pick, you want something more.

Do you seriously put Ronnie Brown on this list? Like I said earlier in another thread, he has #2 overall TALENT but hasn't quite put up the numbers because of

A. He shared carries with Ricky Williams last year BUT he still had 900+ yards.
B. Our OC obviously has a bias against the running game. Every week we hear about Ronnie getting 25-30 carries but it's only happened once

 

[Marino420TD]

Do you seriously put Ronnie Brown on this list? Like I said earlier in another thread, he has #2 overall TALENT but hasn't quite put up the numbers because of

A. He shared carries with Ricky Williams last year BUT he still had 900+ yards.
B. Our OC obviously has a bias against the running game. Every week we hear about Ronnie getting 25-30 carries but it's only happened once

Yes. I think everyone deserves the blame. Ronnie Brown just seems to be missing something. Vision, burst, carries, I don't know. He got the ball in the open field A LOT today, and did........ok.

Maybe I am being too hard on him, because he is the #2. I like RB, I think is very solid. But the GREAT RB's come in and help turn a team around. He has not done it.

 

[MiamiDolphins34]

The great saban screwed it up big time signing a crappy LT like shelton (play Alibi!)when he could have drafted Jon Scott,he signed castoffs and crappy LBs and didnt draft a freakin single LB when you know Zach cant play forever and signing turds like tillman at the position you are "supposed" to know alot about.:shakeno:.Keep bringing players in(not too late yet) because with the ones we have we arent going anywhere.At least get fast LBs (im sure there are better LBs n CBs out there than some of the turds we have)who can rattle the qbs.Oh and play some of the young Dts like Fred Evans he showed he can play.