Their moves to replace Gurley have not matured yet with any real consistency. Their move to replace Cooks hasn't helped yet either. This is the opportunity for Everett, Higbee, Henderson, Reynolds, Brown, etc to show they can step up and carry things but they've all shown they're just guys.
So now they're waiting on the rooks. And I am not surprised. I expected Jefferson to start by midseason because I thought Reynolds was a JAG. I figured Everett would disappear. I knew (thanks to Vinny) that Hendy struggled mentally with this offense and figured Akers was the hope. I knew Brown had a history of disappearing and getting hurt, that he couldn't even spell Gurley when he was out in previous seasons.
Not acting like I'm all knowing btw. I was wrong with plenty to include the OL. I thought Whit was on the downturn. I thought our OL didn't have a Center but Blythe has played respectably. Kromer kicked my rear end good on my expectations and I love it btw. I was also feeling like Ramsey was a mistake, but that seems to have been a good move so far.
But the defense has allowed this team to make a nice run of things so far in spite of all those skill position disappointments. And there is a chance Akers gets rolling and helps get this offense at least back to a nicely balanced unit. We get Whit back at some point so IMO what we're looking at is a rebuild season where we might make the playoffs and actually have a chance to do something meaningful.
So I'm not too disappointed tbh. This is a rebuild season no doubt about it IMO. And we're in it. How cool is that.
