A Real Honest Question

[Todd347347]

Why does it appear that the team just doesn't care until its too late? It really looks like we are sleep walking for most of the game until the 4th quarter.. I just don't get it.

 

[PhinsRock]

Our entire team seems to lack any sense of urgency, until its way too late, good post. Saban needs to light a fire under their butts, from the OPENING play!

 

[thejetssuck]

I think that fire starts next week.

 

[Todd347347]

Why is almost our entire starting team made up of veterans? Is there any consequence to playing badly? sorry more questions...

 

[Atfin4life]

I think this team needs more young, hungry, talented players. We are now heavy on past their prime, older players. It will take time. The drafts under Wanny did not replenish the team. It took Chicago 5 loosing seasons in the six years after Wanny to reload. I am hoping that, having almost full complement of draft picks next year and maybe getting some more picks by trading some of our older players that have some value, we can reload for the future.

 

[Marino420TD]

This is a real good question. To me, the last 2 drives of the game by the Fins are puzzling. If we can get 9 points on 2 drives, why couldn't get have already had 24+ points the first 3 quarters? Are we as good as the last 2 or as bad as the first 3+ quarters?

Possibilities
1) Not playing with a sense of urgency
2) Cpep and the offense finally broke loose, and will continue to play like this from now on.
3) Houston let up some on defense to avoid the big play, and our yards/points in that situation do not accurately reflect the state of our offense.
4) Our playcalling during those drives is better suited to our strengths on offense, and we need to run those plays more.
5) Law of averages - we are averaging ~13pts/game, so the scores just got us closer to our "typical" point production/game

I really hope it's #2, but I tend to think it's a mix of #3 and #5. #4 implies using RB even less, which does not seem smart.

Any other ideas?

 

[volk]

I think there have to be personnel changes to make that happen. I think some prominent players should be benched to prove a point.

 

[sportssaga]

Could it be that Culpepper would do a better job calling plays on the field then then Mularkey ?