SWS84
Practice Squad
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Obviously, we aren't playing very good football right now. Pre-season or not our starters aren't getting it done. Both the offense, defense, and special teams need some serious work and I'm not going to blame the scheduling entirely on this. In fact, I think you start at the top, with Wannstedt. He's the head coach and it's his responsibility to see our guys are ready. At least with the fundementals! Hell, how many penalties did we have last night? Can our guys even line up at the line of scrimmage? People pick Miami to go to the Superbowl and cite Ricky Williams as the saviour to our running back woes. From what I've seen, that's laughable! It's time for our coaches and players to step up! and with these next eight days off, now is the only time to do it.
For starters, It should be back to basics on our offensive line. We need to make a decision on these guys and solidify our depth chart. From there we need to focus on developing continuity with line drills. I emphasize this because it all starts or ends in the trenches. If our line doesn't come around, I don't care if we have Marshall Faulk back there, we aren't going to be able to run the ball and win.
Another thing I would do,although it's not going to be popular with the fans, is close one practice on two-a-days off to the public. On days where there is only one practice, I would leave it open for us.
I would also extend the practice another 1/2 hour for exclusive special team work. During this time the O-line starters will work on more continuity stuff and the defense should do the same.
Sometimes change is good and will help team leaders focus the players on the task at hand. I'm not sure why our guys seem so un-focused this far into camp, but I think we need to do something to re-motivate them. By extending practice another 1/2 hour that gives us additonal time to work out the kinks and develop better timing.
How about you? Any thoughts on how we can turn this thing around?
:lastyr:
For starters, It should be back to basics on our offensive line. We need to make a decision on these guys and solidify our depth chart. From there we need to focus on developing continuity with line drills. I emphasize this because it all starts or ends in the trenches. If our line doesn't come around, I don't care if we have Marshall Faulk back there, we aren't going to be able to run the ball and win.
Another thing I would do,although it's not going to be popular with the fans, is close one practice on two-a-days off to the public. On days where there is only one practice, I would leave it open for us.
I would also extend the practice another 1/2 hour for exclusive special team work. During this time the O-line starters will work on more continuity stuff and the defense should do the same.
Sometimes change is good and will help team leaders focus the players on the task at hand. I'm not sure why our guys seem so un-focused this far into camp, but I think we need to do something to re-motivate them. By extending practice another 1/2 hour that gives us additonal time to work out the kinks and develop better timing.
How about you? Any thoughts on how we can turn this thing around?
:lastyr: