Agree. Solid argument. 2018 was a 'bridge' year to get to our cap $$$ for FA. Original plan had one injury-riddled QB in CP to get us there, now we have another injury-riddled QB in SB. As long as we keep winning just enough to hit the middle of the draft, we are going to be in dire straits to move up.
Believe we got the best the league had to offer given our circumstances. We just got to make it out of our Division---Seattle is coming back to the pack with the turnover on D; jury is still out on Goff---once the league figures how to counteract their hurry up offense to the line and the OC calling the plays to Goff, he will come back to the pack; JG may be the real deal---but you gotta believe a lot of D coordinators have been reviewing his play now that there is a few games on tape.
We can compete. I look for Wilks and his coaching staff to come out firing to prove they belong as a HC/staff. SB to Fitz will be pretty to watch (until SB is carted off the field. LOL)
Yeah we don't know how the adjustments at the line before the mic cuts out will go. That's a rule that technically is being abused. It was never meant to allow that. Doesn't mean it's illegal, but it's a bit unsportsman in the spirit of the rule. This could change. They could push it back to 20 or 25 seconds, leave it alone and let others copy, or take it away entirely and let every team have communication until 0-5 seconds.
In the meantime, people might figure out Goff and/or start doing the same thing on defense. If offense can make adjustments, so can defense. Not as effectively, but there could be ways to allow that. They could maybe allow more defenders speakers in the helmet, like one per level, and could tell those guys what to audible to.
Seattle might be really bad next year. But if they let Richardson walk, that will free up some cap to make some other moves. Basically their entire core except Wilson, Baldwin, and Wagner are gone. They've lost something like 6 or 7 of their top 10 players. Thomas if they keep him or if he shows up (he's threatening a holdout if they don't restructure, they was talk about trading him reported a ~week ago) would be another key piece returning, but it's not assured.
SF who knows. JG looked great so I won't bet against him, but it still was only a short stretch, five games, and overall they are some knocks on that 5 game win streak.
They barely beat the Bears (whoopy), Texans with Yates at QB (whoopy), Titans good close win at home, Jaguars (good win) at home, and a Rams team resting its starters and Mannion at QB (whoopy).
So that's three whoopy wins and two good home wins, one close. I'm not going to crown them yet. But we shouldn't overlook them either. They could be solid or great, but no one should anoint them.
It's really still mostly about the reputations of JG and John Lynch. While it may be warranted, it's still just hype until they prove it. John Lynch did just trade a center he extended a month ago because he went out and signed one. That's a bit odd.
