Quarter Season Evaluation

[Mongo3451]

Going into this season, we knew it would take some time to get on task with the new systems on O and D.  Through week four we have seen some progression. 

On D, getting Booker, Jarrett and Edwards back is going to help a lot.  Edmunds continues to disappoint, due to his unwillingness to stick his body into a running lane.  He's my first cut candidate this off season creating an off season need.  We are getting no pass rush whatsoever.  This is on Poles for neglecting the position the last two drafts.  It's a termination offense that won't happen.  Hopefully Booker and Shemar can provide a spark because Sweat and Dexter can break through rice paper. 

Needs:  FS, LB, EDGE 

On offense, it may be time to replace Braxton.  If it were me, if do it because I no longer trust him.  If we could trade him at the deadline, that would be great.  Cole had a terrible game, but has played well within the average of the first four games.  I would not do anything with him, this year, unless we're offered a decent pick.  Caleb is developing well and the OL beginning to gel before Wright got hurt.  We are good on the receiver front and I would look to move DJ Moore at some point. 

Needs:  LT, RBx2

[adam]

44 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Going into this season, we knew it would take some time to get on task with the new systems on O and D.  Through week four we have seen some progression. 

On D, getting Booker, Jarrett and Edwards back is going to help a lot.  Edmunds continues to disappoint, due to his unwillingness to stick his body into a running lane.  He's my first cut candidate this off season creating an off season need.  We are getting no pass rush whatsoever.  This is on Poles for neglecting the position the last two drafts.  It's a termination offense that won't happen.  Hopefully Booker and Shemar can provide a spark because Sweat and Dexter can break through rice paper. 

Needs:  FS, LB, EDGE 

On offense, it may be time to replace Braxton.  If it were me, if do it because I no longer trust him.  If we could trade him at the deadline, that would be great.  Cole had a terrible game, but has played well within the average of the first four games.  I would not do anything with him, this year, unless we're offered a decent pick.  Caleb is developing well and the OL beginning to gel before Wright got hurt.  We are good on the receiver front and I would look to move DJ Moore at some point. 

Needs:  LT, RBx2

It is really hard for me to evaluate the defense with so many injuries but I can see a few players individually making plays. I thought Stevenson and Byard have been the two standout players so far, especially the last two weeks.

You didn't mention getting Gordon back. I think it will be a huge boost to get him back. 

Edmunds is playing better, but yeah, he is not worth what he is being paid. Need Edwards back, Sewell is ok, but not a full time starter. 

I don't know what to make of the DLine. Billings and Dexter are the starters, and neither are playing as good as they did last year. Sweat is a great DE2 but needs more sacks to be in the DE1 conversation. I don't know if we have even seen Jarrett healthy yet. Kind of disappointed in Turner so far, for a 2nd round pick, you should not be that invisible. 

The defense as a whole has been underwhelming outside of the takeaways.

For offense, Caleb and Rome have been the standout players. The O-Line still feels like it is a work in progress. I was hoping the interior would be a strength but Jackson has been terrible, and both Dalman and Thuney have not lived up to their billing. The OTs have been a weakness, but some promising play in the 2nd half from the young bucks. So we will see.

Swift has been bad. I don't know why they have not tried Roschon or anyone else at this point. With the emergence of Burden, Moore feels like an easy trade candidate, if not at the deadline, then definitely in the offseason. Kmet is probably 2nd on that list from the offense. They drafted his replacement and Kmet is playing worse than he did last year thru 4 weeks. 

Special Teams overall has been a massive disappointment before Cairo hitting 4 FGs and Blackwell making that block. Coverage units have been terrible, punting has been bad, and returns have been ok, but nothing to write home about. 

 

For defense, they still need impact players at DT, Edge, LB, and S.

On offense, RB and OT are the top priorities.