2026 Draft thread

[HoosierinFL]

Originally Posted by HoosierinFL

I was starting to get apathetic during the 2024 season. Once it was clear we were going with Daniel Jones last year, my enthusiasm dropped another notch.

After the loss to Pittsburgh, I thought the team just looked awful in that game. I thought the team looked even worse the next week vs Atlanta, and they only won because Atlanta was even worse. After losing to KC, I said "we're going to lose out this season" and i was right. I probably have a post somewhere in this forum where I said exactly that somewhere in mid to late November. That's when my enthusiasm bottomed out and so far that's where it still sits.

Here it is from 11/24, the post game thread after the Chiefs:

This team is cooked. Done. Can easily end up 10-7 and playing as a wildcard in the playoffs, or even out of the playoffs in a logjam for the final wildcard spot.

Can't handle the blitz and now its on film against multiple teams. We have a coach that won't scheme away from it, refuses to run the ball, repeatedly says "its on me" but never changes anything. Forget JT in the conversation for MVP. He'll average 12 touches a game from here on out. Everything that succeeded early season is on tape and isn't working anymore, and Steichen will continue to panic in the 2nd half and forget about the run game.

The secondary is better but with Defo out, the pass rush and run D are not getting home, and covering the short middle is terrible. Mahomes had the middle open all game. LBs are terrible in coverage.