What’s streaky about it? He has made the playoffs 3 out of 4 years there & the 1 year he missed it, it was his & Wentz’s rookie year. You know you, me, & everyone else here would be doing backflips if Arians did what Pederson has done, especially with a backup(!!!!) QB. He doesn’t have a ton of talent. He just has a good OLine/DLine. Most of the skill positions players leave a lot to be desired.
Goff was trash as hell.
Gurley was coming off a horrific season.
Brockers ain’t no superstar or even star.
Quinn was having major back problems around that time.
Joyner? You serious?
OLine was horrific until they got Whitworth.
Arians had Peterson, Tyrann, Larry, & DWash.
Only standout player you really say McVay inherited was obviously Donald &.......? Trumaine Johnson maybe?
Whisenhunt almost took us to a Super Bowl with what was functionally a backup QB. Then he took us to the playoffs again and won. That's the comp. The Eagles made it into the playoffs the past two years based off of the complete ineptitude of their division. 9-7 is not some kind of a feat. Arians got us better records with worse talent and probably would have managed to win a playoff game with a backup (!!!!) QB if he wasn't down to his third stringer in Lindley, who is probably the worst QB to start a playoff game in NFL history.
Dude, if you want me to start talking about the players McVay
acquired that season, we can dance that dance too. But Arians didn't walk in the door with Tyrann on the roster. I did mess up and thought Washington was on suspension beforehand, but regardless.
Goff still had all of the potential in the world. You blame bad coaches or OCs for QB play all the time - why isn't Jeff Fisher on your list of archaic coaches ruining players' offensive potential?
Gurley had a bad season, but again - Fisher. A year prior he was the toast of the NFL.
Brockers wasn't a star, but he's certainly on par with what Dockett was at the time, and a player worthy of an extension as a part of the defense.
Quinn played in 15 games in McVay's opening year and had 8 sacks. Back problems the year prior or not, he was still on the roster and showed up way more than Sam Acho, the only OLB retained by the Cards the year prior.
Joyner was good enough for the Rams to franchise him the next year. Thanks for bringing up Trumaine Johnson, that's more ammo to the cause.
The OLine had Havenstein, still with the team today, Saffold, who made second-team All-Pro in 2017, John Sullivan, a former first-team All-Pro... Arians returned Daryn Colledge, Bobby Massie, and Lyle Sendlein. None of those guys sniffed anything of relevance in their career before him, or with him.
McVay inherited a highly talented roster with depth. Arians had to deal with a team literally rebuilding half of the roster. This is a classic "I don't like these guys because I'm DVontel and I refuse to look at statistics or accolades" situation.
I mean, I like you, and our arguments can be fun, but come on man, everyone out there will say that Fisher sucked but had a ton of talent on that roster before McVay came in.
