[Schneed10]

I do want to make sure I'm being fair to Gibbs. He's had to deal with some ridiculous injuries. Jansen and Thomas are the biggest, IMO. They're absolutely huge. With those two guys playing, I'll bet we have enough of a run game in the 2nd half to win at least two of those games in which we saw a collapse. So that explains some of it.

That said, the game management and the 2nd half adjustments have not been good. Without Jansen and Thomas, knowing our running game isn't great, we should be adjusting strategy. And since he's team president as well, he's responsible for finding depth that can fill in adequately. You have to do one of two things, either acquire the depth necessary in the offseasons to keep running the ball in the 2nd half when your star linemen get hurt, or shift your strategy. If you can't succeed at either one, then you're failing. Hence 5-7.