Thank the Heavens Marty Lasted One Year

[budw38]

Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

I think Portis was hurt most of the year, was he not? And our defense was banged up all year too. We'd win more than 6 games any other year, easy. We had so many bad breaks this past season to last us ten seasons at least. I think Marty's a great coach (in the regular season anyway) but don't go with the absurd thinking that he, or anyone else for that matter, would do better job than Gibbs and the boys if they'd have less talent. Our salary cap situation would be just the same if anyone else was coaching this team.

Yes , Portis did miss a lot of time , but his backup averaged close to 5 yds a carry , so while CP was missed , its not like we had a bum running the ball. I agree we had injuries , but had we not traded mulitiple picks < 4 for JC > ; 3 for rocky ; 2 for brunell , two for Loyd ,;2 for Cooley , we would have had depth . As far as the cap , many teams are more than 10 million under the cap .I heard them on ESPN ,saying that Ny , Phil & dallas are all 12 million under , and they have draft picks . We are always having to renegotiate or cut players to field a team because we give everyone 2 to 5 times what other teams give out in signing bonus's. The only star other than CP to miss much time was Springs , If a team can't handle missing 1 key player for any lenght of time , that is bad personel decisions . The eagles have lost a heck of alot more than us , DM , Kearse , Bunkley and they win ? Maybe we get lucky this year with the inj's and the Def. turns around !

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by budw38

Yes , Portis did miss a lot of time , but his backup averaged close to 5 yds a carry , so while CP was missed , its not like we had a bum running the ball. I agree we had injuries , but had we not traded mulitiple picks < 4 for JC > ; 3 for rocky ; 2 for brunell , two for Loyd ,;2 for Cooley , we would have had depth . As far as the cap , many teams are more than 10 million under the cap .I heard them on ESPN ,saying that Ny , Phil & dallas are all 12 million under , and they have draft picks . We are always having to renegotiate or cut players to field a team because we give everyone 2 to 5 times what other teams give out in signing bonus's. The only star other than CP to miss much time was Springs , If a team can't handle missing 1 key player for any lenght of time , that is bad personel decisions . The eagles have lost a heck of alot more than us , DM , Kearse , Bunkley and they win ? Maybe we get lucky this year with the inj's and the Def. turns around !

You make some valid points, but we did have some other key injuries besides Springs and Portis that really hurt this past season. Moss was banged up throughout this season, so was Marcus Washington, Griffin, Salavea, and Daniels. Prioleau was out after the first play of the season and we had a very difficult schedule on top of all that. We were dealt a bad hand all season, and it wasn't pretty. The personnel decisions were not great during last offseason, but I really don't think it was quite the disaster that everyone has made it out to be. I think the wind is definitely at our backs now, and I think next season will be much more enjoyable. This past season was a transition year in so many ways!

[budw38]

Originally Posted by ncskinsfanec

You make some valid points, but we did have some other key injuries besides Springs and Portis that really hurt this past season. Moss was banged up throughout this season, so was Marcus Washington, Griffin, Salavea, and Daniels. Prioleau was out after the first play of the season and we had a very difficult schedule on top of all that. We were dealt a bad hand all season, and it wasn't pretty. The personnel decisions were not great during last offseason, but I really don't think it was quite the disaster that everyone has made it out to be. I think the wind is definitely at our backs now, and I think next season will be much more enjoyable. This past season was a transition year in so many ways!

I hope you are right ! If the defence returns to 04/05 form , we could make the playoffs . Maybe / hopefuly we get some depth behind Cooley and on the OL .