ckparrothead
Premium Member
The offense has to step up. They have to find ways to win, and make plays. I LOVE seeing the kind of emotion that causes Sam Madison to have to be restrained, or seeing Randy McMichael slam his helmet into the ground and start running after the OL who just sit down deeply, deeply shamed.
That is something we've been missing I think. Screw the whole taboo separation between offense and defense and the blame game. When a football player on your team needs to be called out, he needs to be called out. AJ Feeley needed to be called out after tossing that pick, because whether it was a miscommunication or not, he should know better. The OL needed to be called out after that utterly ABSYMAL performance, they needed to feel the deep shame that caused them to start blocking people enough for us to get that touchdown and FG. This is a team sport man, its not an offensive team and a defensive team.
If I were Dave I would keep this even-keel approach, and let the players themselves bytch the offense ALL WEEK. Treat them like rookies. All of them. Carry their pads, etc. That defense, stripped of any and all depth whatsoever at two of their most critical positions, left their heart and soul on that field and gave up 3 field goals to a very talented Cincy offense despite numerous offensive and special teams turnovers.
That is something we've been missing I think. Screw the whole taboo separation between offense and defense and the blame game. When a football player on your team needs to be called out, he needs to be called out. AJ Feeley needed to be called out after tossing that pick, because whether it was a miscommunication or not, he should know better. The OL needed to be called out after that utterly ABSYMAL performance, they needed to feel the deep shame that caused them to start blocking people enough for us to get that touchdown and FG. This is a team sport man, its not an offensive team and a defensive team.
If I were Dave I would keep this even-keel approach, and let the players themselves bytch the offense ALL WEEK. Treat them like rookies. All of them. Carry their pads, etc. That defense, stripped of any and all depth whatsoever at two of their most critical positions, left their heart and soul on that field and gave up 3 field goals to a very talented Cincy offense despite numerous offensive and special teams turnovers.