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To say the Jets , Raiders and Bucs have quit would be hyperbole.

in Off-topic discussion Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:34 am
by linchao • Farseer | 342 Posts | 3420 Points

To say their fans are ready to quit watching them would be more accurate.There was little to nothing worth mentioning about their performances Sunday in one-sided defeats. In the New York and Tampa Bay areas, much of the chatter will be about removing Youth Eric Kush Jersey Todd Bowles and Dirk Koetter as head coaches of their respective outfits. At least Jon Gruden won't be worrying about job security with a Raiders team he has torn asunder, and he has the job security to rebuild.Bowles got it right at the New Jersey Meadowlands by saying following a 41-10 embarrassment at the hands of the previously-inept-on-offense Buffalo: "We stunk it up as coaches, we stunk it up as players."His team certainly represented what used to be swamp land quite well Sunday.The Jets (3-7, losers of four in a row) were blitzed from the beginning by a quarterback, Matt Barkley, who was unemployed a few days ago, and has been a journeyman for almost his entire NFL stint; this was his 12th game since 2013. They were overrun by LeSean McCoy, which is fine except when you consider he was in a horrendous slump and hadn't scored all season.Worst, they seemed apathetic and disinterested from the start, a strong indictment of the players and the coaches."They just came in and just straight, flat out, beat us," said Jets receiver Jermaine Kearse, who has had to adjust to lots of losing in New York after lots of winning while he was with the Seahawks. "I wish I could give you an explanation. It's frustrating for all of us, but they just came in here and straight beat us."Maybe because the Bills were trying a whole lot harder?"Nobody's quit on anybody," Kearse added. "We win together http://www.bearsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-bobby-massie-jersey , we lose together and that's everybody's mindset right now. We're all not perfect, we're out here trying to figure it out and find ways to improve this situation like anybody else. So, I would think that's far from the truth."The Jets have never fired a coach during the season since the Johnson family bought the franchise in 2000. At least Bowles seems to have that going for him.Koetter is in his third season in charge in Tampa, and he's supposedly an offensive mastermind. Until being manhandled by Washington, the Bucs were tearing it up when they had the ball. Maybe somebody tore up all the play sheets that worked previously because they scored a mere three points against a team struggling with injuries.Offensive coordinator Todd Monken had been calling plays, but Koetter took over against the Redskins. He wouldn't explain why, but clearly it was a bogus decision."We weren't good enough as a team, and that starts with me," Koetter said. "To move the ball like that and come up with three points, you're just not going to win that way."Tampa (3-6) has the second-longest playoff drought, 10 seasons, and Koetter's chances of breaking that string are diminishing rapidly.No such worries for Gruden, whose return to Oakland has been a fiasco so far. Give him credit for all the high draft picks the Raiders will have in April, and maybe for the high prospects they will carry into Las Vegas when they move in 2020.For now, though, well 鈥?pardon us on this one 鈥?they've fallen into a Black Hole."This will be a year that a lot of us will never forget," Gruden said of his 1-8 team that has been outscored 75-9 in the past nine quarters in what has quickly become a lost season. "It's painful. It's really hard. It's painful. It's going to be hard to sleep again Adrian Amos Jersey , hard to get up in the morning."When Gruden gets up, he'll perhaps look at others to get rid of as he retools the roster already missing Khalil Mack, Bruce Irvin and Amari Cooper. He's got that wildly lucrative 10-year contract, virtual total control of personnel and no qualms about doing pretty much anything.What must hurt fans of these three teams that got hammered Sunday is that the effort from other losing clubs 鈥?Arizona, which tested powerful Kansas City; Cleveland, which stunned Atlanta; and, of course, Buffalo 鈥?was so strong, so admirable. Perhaps the worst sign for a struggling team is when it looks lost, lethargic and lacking skill on the field.In New Jersey and the Tampa and Oakland bay areas, that's exactly what the fans saw in Week 10. Matt Nagy read off the numbers almost like the winning lottery ticket: 12-80-10.The Chicago Bears coach is hoping the offense can strike it rich this season with the additions of receiver Allen Robinson (No. 12) and tight end Trey Burton (No. 8), to pair with young quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (No. 10).Throughout camp, the trio has steadily honed their chemistry. That was evident Thursday when the team had a joint practice against the Denver Broncos."The one thing I've really seen is 12 and 80, both their timing is starting to click with 10 ," said Nagy, whose team faces the Broncos on Saturday in a preseason contest.Robinson is rounding back into form after tearing his ACL in the opener last season while with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He signed a three-year, $42 million free agent deal with the Bears to become Trubisky's top target.Then there's Burton Authentic Khalil Mack Jersey , a member of the Philadelphia Eagles last season who may be best remembered for throwing a 1-yard TD pass to quarterback Nick Foles during a Super Bowl win over New England.Burton rattled off numerous reasons why he signed with Chicago — the offense, the coach, the city and of course No. 10."A young quarterback who everybody says nothing but great things about," Burton said.The second-overall pick in 2017, Trubisky threw for 2,193 yards, seven TDs and seven interceptions his rookie season. With Nagy running the show, the Bears figure to take more shots down the field.That's extremely enticing to Trubisky, whose team ranked at the bottom of the league in yards passing per game in 2017."We're going to keep being aggressive," Trubisky said. "The key is to be consistent with them, hit them. It really stretches the field, and it opens up the run game, opens up the intermediate throws as well. We're going to continue to be aggressive, which I love."Asked what he does best on the field, Trubisky didn't blink: "That's too generic."He quickly pondered."What do I think I do best? I don't know. I love football," he responded. "I love coming out here with my teammates and doing the best I possibly can. I wouldn't say there's really one (way) how I would categorize my game. I want to continue to get better every day and try to be great."Maybe a little surprising is how fast Trubisky has gotten in sync with Robinson and Burton."It speaks to the type of guys they are, their knowledge of the game and their work ethic Youth Nick Kwiatkoski Jersey , as well as mine," Trubisky said. "We've been getting on the same page, repping over and over again and really developing that trust and chemistry on and off the field so I know where they're going to be. They do a good job getting open. We've really been clicking."Robinson is slated to see some action for the Bears on Saturday. Trubisky and the first-team offense gained minus-1 yards on eight plays last week at Cincinnati.Obviously, Nagy wants to see more."You want to score touchdowns. You want to be able to put points on the board," Nagy said. "I want to see some first downs. I want to see a balance of run and pass. I want to see solid protection. If you have protection and give that quarterback green grass, they'll produce."Nagy liked what he saw out of Trubisky after two days of facing a Broncos defense featuring the disruptive Von Miller."Arrow up," Nagy said. "It was two good days and that's what his expectations are and that's what he knows we want."He does at that."Every snap matters. Every practice rep, every preseason game matters," Trubisky said. "We're coming out here competing every day. We're always trying to get better. No matter what it is, if it's on the practice field, if I'm in the backyard by myself or if it's a preseason game, we're trying to get better and we're trying to move the football."That's what great players do. That's what great teams do. We're trying to get some momentum."


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