OFTEN when I write an original draft, if something doesn’t fit right, or I’m not sure how to use it, I’ll move it all the way to the bottom of the draft, then go back up and keep working. So in the originals, there’s sometimes a bunch of leftover stuff at the bottom, that gets totally left out of the article that you read.
I originally wrote this while working on the “On The Whole” segment of Four Things Reviewed: WK 12: Bills. I wanted to be celebratory, but I kept ending up expressing my concerns. Then I would shove those down page, and then write more happy shit.
While I’m grateful for the win, and did want to enjoy the moment, it would be disingenuous of me to not reflect, what many of us are feeling, despite being 10 – 1.
About the game itself, I’m not understanding what’s going on. After the game, WR Devonta Smith was talking with local reporter John Clark, about how we still have yet to play a complete game. WHY??? Who is fucking up so often, and why aren’t they accountable? And why is four quarters of strong effort, too much to ask for?
I’m from Philly, so I have to speak plain on this. I’m sure I’ll get called negative or whatever, but this “Nothing matters as long as we win” attitude, is silly and keeping the team from getting better. In fact, it seems to be getting worse. We didn’t start the season with 10 point halftime deficits, but look at us over the last two games.
We have all four of our starters in the Secondary healthy, as well as our NCB. So we no longer have the injury excuse, yet the coverage issues that we were told would be addressed during the Bye week, still remain. Opponents are still getting the ball out quickly, so the pass rush has deteriorated. If anything it’s gotten worse after the Bye.
I don’t get why we keep running a QB who’s knee is better, but not healed. I don’t get why we don’t give more carries to our RB. I don’t understand why it’s okay that guys who could cover last year, can’t this year. I don’t understand why we make every QB we face, look like vintage Steve Young.
Handing the ball off just 18 times, almost seems like the coaching staff is trying to get our QB hurt again. We’re 10 – 1 and honestly, I’m not sure that we could beat a playoff team, IN the playoffs, right now. We just refuse to play for four quarters!
Again, this was just stuff that I kept pushing down the page, almost as if I was pushing it down inside my mind. Telling myself a form of “Don’t worry be happy.” But I can’t keep quiet about it anymore. This is really starting to spook me. Is any of this bothering any of you?
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