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Originally Posted by 4mrusmc
I would like to have someone try to explain to me why this team seems to playlike crap during this part of the season. And then, during the last 4 or 5 games left to go, they somehow realize their potentail and start to play up to that.
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Well, that happened in 2 of the 4 years that Gibbs coached. In '04 and '06, they pretty much sucked the whole year and there was no late season turn-around.
Nobody should expect that every season.
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"way too much talent" ?? Who would that be? Portis and Moss when they're healthy, sure. Campbell is a game-manager, sort of like Kyle Orton. So he's not a game-changing quarterback yet. Cooley, while leading the team in catches, really has had a ho-hum year so far. Chris Samuels, again,
when healthy, could start on any team in the league, but nobody else on among the front five could. That's it for offensive talent.
Defensive talent? Pass rushers? NO. Dominant run stoppers? In the last couple of weeks, NO. Linebackers other than London Fletcher? NO. The real talent we have is at the secondary, and it's not a lights-out group. Smoot won't kill you, but there always seems to be a big pass completed against him at the worst time. Carlos Rogers and Chris Horton are the only real talents we have back there right now. Even LaRon Landry has fallen off a cliff this year. He's been nothing special.
So really, exactly where is all of this "talent"? It's here and there at best with this team. And most of them come with the oft-used qualifier, when healthy.