Problems, And Excuses!

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by offiss

Absolutly! I remember it well, we were loaded with talent it was a huge surprise that we had lost those games, you could see even early on that Gibbs was a real inovator, the big thing with those teams of the 80's and early 90's is this, when we took the field Gibbs had the luxuory all those years to usually have the best offensive line on the field, he was able to do what he wanted offensivly because the line made it happen, that's not taking place anymore and there lies the struggle. As bad as I believe Brunell is, I still believe with the right offensive line Gibbs could win a championship with him, a good QB would make it a lot easier though.

We all know how good Bobby beathard was, but I don't think any of us really realized how important he was to Gibbs success. As we watch draft after draft and we come away with a no brainer 1st rd pick and that's it, we then look back at the kind of talent BB brought in, and how he used the draft to build a dynasty, somewhere BB is laughing saying, I told you so Joe.

Plus, we had a great clutch kicker, A darn good QB, and a HOF running back. Unfortunately we don't have anything close to a HOF player on this team.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Plus, we had a great clutch kicker, A darn good QB, and a HOF running back. Unfortunately we don't have anything close to a HOF player on this team.

What do you cosider "close"?

One could certainly say that Portis has the appearance of a potentnial HOFer. Remember those guys you said were HOFers were once "not even close" too because they were young. We don't have a lot of super old guys who could even be in the running for HOF. I do think we used to have more talent though for sure.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

What do you cosider "close"?

One could certainly say that Portis has the appearance of a potentnial HOFer. Remember those guys you said were HOFers were once "not even close" too because they were young. We don't have a lot of super old guys who could even be in the running for HOF. I do think we used to have more talent though for sure.

I'd throw Taylor in the mix if he keeps stepping up his game. He can dominate at times.