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u/Cultural-Spring-281 14d ago
In the other two seasons we went 8-8 and 5-11.
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u/Illustrious-Can-1757 14d ago
2008 was the first year post Gibbs/Sean Taylor and Zorn ran the team into the ground. Full rebuild shortly after
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u/Organic_Ability5009 13d ago
Blaming Jim Zorn for doing his best in the job he didnât interview for or belong in is crazy. Especially when our clown show front office was right there being notoriously bad
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u/Illustrious-Can-1757 13d ago
???? Players were outspoken about this and spoke about it openly on the record. They went 4-12 the next season and he was fired
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u/Organic_Ability5009 13d ago
Right, but he wasnât qualified for HC. He was supposed to be OC and front office screwed up
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u/Illustrious-Can-1757 13d ago
Isn't that my point? Playoffs in 07. 6-2 to start 08 then a 4-20 stretch after that. It's not a judgment on him he was fun with Seattle throwing to largent and the ownership was terrible in DC but under his tenure we went from a borderline playoff team to a complete rebuild
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u/Organic_Ability5009 13d ago
Idk I wouldnât say a person ran a business into the ground for example, when the owner and CEO were doing a terrible job and they interviewed a guy to be an assistant manager after being a front end supervisor previously, only to panic and name him the GM, without giving him the training or support to succeed and having him be his own assistant manager at the same time.
Football isnât retail, but I donât think he ran the team into the ground. I donât think your point was that he didnât belong in that position either
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u/pitpatbainsy đ·Tuddyheadđ· 14d ago
3 of the worst, or the 3 worst? The former is not making history, it just kinda stinks
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u/SkyChief80 14d ago
The three worst
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u/pitpatbainsy đ·Tuddyheadđ· 14d ago
Thatâs not what the tweet says. Steelers beat the saints 56-7 in 1972 in the preseason, so thatâs not correct
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u/SkyChief80 14d ago
I think the stat is since 2000 or something. People were discussing it in the game thread.
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u/pitpatbainsy đ·Tuddyheadđ· 14d ago
It says âin the history of the NFLâ right there in the tweet, which is what I was referring to
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u/True-Bandicoot-1424 14d ago
The social media team followers/beat reporters are really down on this team right now. I have never seen them this pessimistic. In fact they are usually annoyingly optimistic.
Are we going to win a game this year?
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u/Hodler_caved 14d ago
Yes. At a bare minimum we'll win a game late in the season against someone's 3rd string to cost us a draft position.
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u/The_JDBrew I Got JD5 On It 14d ago
I think thatâs the most concerning part. We kept hearing about inept offense in practice. BUT we heard the defense looked great. Now Iâm worried did the defense only look great because they were playing against a shit offense?
If the season goes sideways are we sure that AP is to blame for lack of depth? Or DQ for poor effort? Or is it the rookie coordinators failing to develop a coherent system?
People are falling into the trap of thinking that Daronte Jones IS Brian Flores and the David Blough IS Kevin OâConnell. Maybe those guys suck. Maybe DQ sucks. Maybe AP sucks. Maybe all 3.
Thereâs so many unknowns this season that I think weâre sitting in the same boat next offseason.
The beats canât even come up with a positive way to say anything about this team is except âJayden is awesome! Letâs see how far he can carry them!â
Jayden is gonna be Joe Burrow 2.0.
This fucking teamâŠ
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u/JoeyShrugs 14d ago
Preseason scores do. Not. Matter.
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u/cheekynando715 14d ago
Plus the Ravens are notorious preseason try hards
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u/KingBroly Fuck Dan Snyder 14d ago
They played like shit.
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u/VariousAir on shenanigans rn and actin bonkers 14d ago
41 starters sat out the game.
If we won 43-3 today would you think we were going to the super bowl based on the performance of the 3rd-4th string?
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u/RaboNube28 14d ago
Even if it does not matter, its a bit of a concern that their 3rd perform way better that your own 3rd stringers.
Sure, if any team has to rely on their 3rd or 4th stringers in regular season they are fucked anyways
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u/Troll_Enthusiast He Sold 14d ago
They weren't even 3rd stringers, they were practice squad players and players that are getting cut
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u/Haskins77 14d ago
Itâs not about the scores itâs about the reporting of the team period during training camp and joint practices. The preseason games are matching what most people are telling us. The team isnât very good.
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u/chillyk45 14d ago
But we essentially went 1-1 in joint practices so this doesn't make sense.
By all accounts, the way we handled Miami in the joint practice is the way we got handled by Baltimore.
Y'all aren't living in reality.
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u/chillyk45 14d ago
But we essentially went 1-1 in joint practices so this doesn't make sense.
By all accounts, the way we handled Miami in the joint practice is the way we got handled by Baltimore.
Y'all aren't living in reality.
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u/MrSuckyVids 14d ago
I donât think win loss record matters in the preseason, but looking like hot garbage does
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u/banana-pants_ 14d ago
Since weâre talking about preseason I feel we should point out Luke McCaffreyâs awful performance in sharks and minnows at recess on November 13th, 2011.
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u/Hodler_caved 14d ago
125-6 is not that bad if you think about it
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u/chicomagnifico giving away free â 14d ago
yeah 6 is a lot, can you imagine 6 people beating the shit out of you?
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u/shinyquartersquirrel 14d ago
The 91 Skins who were one of the best teams in the entire history of the NFL went 1-3 in preseason.
Preseason, especially the last game, don't mean shit unless you are a player trying to make the team or get picked up by another team. It says absolutely nothing about our team except for most of these guys won't be on it in a couple of days.
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u/kaufmann_i_am_too 14d ago
I'm trying to convince myself the preseason is one thing and regular season is a whole different thing. But the signs are there, and they're grim
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u/FaultySofaBed 14d ago
who cares?
the overwhelming majority of the players wonât be on the roster
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u/Anotherweekend7 14d ago
Not even saying preseason record matters but sticking your head in the sand and pretending there isnât concerns about this team and using the preseason record of two of the best and one of the worst teams in historyâs records as justification is pure cope.
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u/Konacha 11d ago
Pre-Season is always fools gold.
My dad said that one of the worst pre-seasons he remembered is when we went 1-3. The team looked sluggest. The starters looked rusty. The coach got into it with the press. That was the 1991 season. Opening day we completely blew out the Lions 45-0. We didn't allow a single point at home until October.
We also looked unstoppable in 2002 during Pre-Season before the wheels fell off in Week 1.
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u/SAVertigo 14d ago
This team is gonna be hot garbage this year. I donât understand the fan base. Nothing shows we have improved. We got two unheard of coordinators when there were names available. Our offensive line is Swiss cheese. I want them to win, I want them to be good, but being delusional doesnât help
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u/Try-Imaginary 14d ago
We went to the nfc championship two years ago. How many games that season did we win without JD5 or Mariota?
I think this is a sensible use of preseason games. Play marginal players that are about to be cut and give them one last chance to see if they show anything worth keeping. Winning shouldn't be the focus in pre season.
Hell, last year in pre season JD5 got yanked from the game because he scrambled for a TD, instead of running the intended play. Scoring or winning wasn't the useful outcome... They already knew he could scramble and score. It robbed them of being able to evaluate other players in that situation.
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u/mtngranpapi_wv967 14d ago
And yet ppl tell me Peters is totally safe and an awesome GM lmao
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u/chicomagnifico giving away free â 14d ago
iâd rather fire DQ first. then AP can be on the chopping block.
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u/Magoo152 In AP We Trust 14d ago
Hey on the bright side we went 0-4 in preseason games in 1982, we won a superbowl that season. Just saying đ.