A multitude of issues.
Bill is tanking for a better pick. I have felt that way for a few weeks now. Hes just not being blatant about it, and has never done it before so hes masking it well.
Good thing the Celts and Bruins are worth watching!
I agree that they've been tanking since Miami. Up to then they were scrapping and competing. Managed to pull off the Buffalo win and went into that Miami game at 2-5 where if they won they'd have been 3-1 in the division and had a path to get back over .500. After losing that game, Bill absolutely packed it in and committed to the tank.
The next four games were against terrible teams. We scored a combined 30 points in that span and lost all four by a combined total of 16 points. Coaching is intentionally putting them in position to lose.
This team was a toe-tap away from knocking off the Eagles in week 1. They were a yard short of likely taking the Dolphins to OT in week 2. And those weeks we didn't even have a healthy line. How is the same team, and honestly the roster on offense is healthier now (up to Rhaemondre's injury last week), that was moving the ball on Philly unable to score against the shitty Giants and Chargers? It's a tank, I am 100% sure.
I'm sure the guys in the field are trying their hardest, but coaching is calling games intentionally to stifle the offense. While one would be tempted to think that Bill told Ryland to shank that FG against the Giants, that's no way, special teams guys wouldn't do that to their own resume and body of work on purpose, I think he just missed it.
That's why I'm not getting worked up over shitty offense in week 13 and 14, they're not trying, I'm not putting the offense under Zappe stalling against the Chargers as proof that BB or BoB have to go or anything. Though even at full strength and full effort, this offense is not good. Maybe they could've swung a 6-12 or 7-10 record if everything fell right. But I think everyone knows that being in that death spiral of mediocrity and drafting at 14th overall gets you nowhere and you have to crash and draft top 3 to get a franchise player and gamebreaker on offense.
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That would be game America deserves on TNF.
