The bright side for me is in hope... Hope that a colossal pounding like this will open the eyes of BASK and perhaps, they truly see the weaknesses that plague this team... Specifically:
1.) Our o-line is simply not good enough. There isn't one starter on the line who should feel safe. Each of them collapsed down the stretch, starting with the Seahawk debacle, to the GB game where they mauled us on the line of scrimmage, to today where it wasn't even fair.... Veldheer fell apart after a terrific start to the season. Iupati is a highly paid FA who also crashed down to earth in the last 3-4 games of the year. And we have 2 first round picks who can't find the field, one of whom can't even find a way to suit up on game day!
2.) Our d-line is atrocious. In the NFL, if you can't generate even the smallest of a pass rush with your starting front d-line, you will have serious problems and will be forced to compensate in risky and odd ways...
3.) Our linebackers simply suck - period. I hope BASK are not tricked into believing we have "something" in Minter and Bucannon. Because we don't. We have 2 guys who try hard to make up for the ineptitude of our d-line. But are simply not good enough... Minter should never, ever be in on passing downs. And Bucannon, while a solid tackler, should probably be playing outside or back at safety...
4.) Special Teams... Holy Crap. Can it really be any worse? Butler is brutal. And for some reason, love giving up huge returns... while we never, ever break off more than a minimal return ourselves!
5.) Running Back... DJ is flat-out awesome and a true STUD! But, what else do we gave? The poor kid is going to get run into the ground before he turns 25! Ellington is toast. Hard to believe he'll be with this team next season. And CJ is now a journeyman coming off a broken leg.
