ALPHA

Jumped the shark? Yes the Neegan climax is a gimmick, but if that is what the storytelling has boiled down to then they've taken the easy way out with their choices, both were mentally strong characters with heavy foreshadowing so the emotional impact and shock value isn't there. If they really wanted to shake things up then it should have been Daryl and Maggie.

This. We always stall we when we try to self medicate our oline issues.

Same, I knew the kid would be plug and play good and was hoping we could land him in the second.

Bosa is a beast already, we all knew that (or most of us did). Thats why when he was having that messy contract dispute I was hoping we could sneak in with a trade for next years first. Oh well it's nice to dream.

It is overlooked, I thought it was obvious we needed an upgrade at C but we rolled the dice on Zuttah bouncing back.

It's way too early to judge Perriman but we just never seem to have any ideas when it comes to developing receivers, our best all time receivers have come from free agency and we've had multiple opportunities to bring in guys like Brandon Marshall.

I think we're working at it with the draft process, the guys we seem to draft now are disciplined and rarely have character flags.

No to tanking, it breeds an apathetic quitter mentality. But I'd like to see us make trades for draft picks.

This is a valid argument, but it's a kneejerk one too and the grass isn't always greener on the other side. I would only want Harbaugh gone if the players have lost faith in him. My only real issue with Harbaugh is he is too loyal to players that work hard but lack talent.

I somewhat agree with this, he's coaching with urgency this season but there are areas he needs to improve on. If we were to clean house I'm sure the players and fans would be brimming with optimism but that fake, quick burning optimism often makes way for reality like it does in Cleveland every year or 2nd year.

The problem with coaching is that when teams start losing or playing poorly players lose faith in the coach and each other, of course it doesn't help that we've had a major decline in talent but thats not all on Harbaugh. I still think he deserves a few years to try and turn things around.

I don't think this is going to happen, we had opportunities to upgrade the oline in free agency but we rolled the dice and lost. Unfortunately we don't have a QB who can make anyone look like world beaters or who thrives when the pocket breaks down, but we could do a hell of a lot worse.

I wonder what we're going to fix? my guess is very little.

You jumped the gun there, my post implies we have to get there first and it also goes without saying that we're probably not getting there this year. Man you really have to spell out everything for some people.

Do you really want to start rolling that dice? if he goes to a team with protection and a ground game it's going to come back to haunt us.

Yeah that was unexpected, this is the 2nd year he's been better than Flacco. But I'd still take Flacco in the playoffs.

Thats fair, I'm a huge Flacco fan but when he's playing poorly i'll always call it what it is, he's never been hugely accurate or efficient but i'll take him over a new QB every 2-3 years. In a team sport eveyone is responsible we can't blame it all on the guys around him forever.

I think our problems boil down to the trenches, no pass rush and lack of stability and talent at the offensive line.

Suggs tore his bicep

Yeah ZDS was talking big game this offseason but he's gone missing since then, and our three overhyped rookie pass rushers have shown that they are just rookies.

I hope you're right, we haven't done a good job of replacing the old guard and need guys to step up in the worst way.

He missed some games with knee and ankle injuries before we drafted him, and now he can't stay healthy. It is what it is.

The positives for me is that we have a young team and an experienced, not terrible QB.

The way we're playing maybe we should be making moves to secure more draft picks.

It sounds like I missed a fun period.