As much as you guys want to bash the players, it's not like these guys are evaluating themselves.
All through the off season camps, we heard about how dominant Navaughn was going to be. After 2 games, he was sitting on the bench. We happened in 2 weeks that our staff couldn't see in 8 months?
#8 doesn't fight for the ball in the air, can we really expect him to fight for it on the ground? And I'm not blaming him, he is who he is, but we trot him out there when Romello, Jacoby and XR7 have been lighting it up. As former collegiate athlete, tired isn't an excuse! Why play guys who continually make these mistakes?
#44 has no lateral movement. If I was an OC, I would expose him when I see him coming on the field, as he does routinely, even though he finds himself out of position routinely, as well.
After 4 years, we just found a home for Amari. Who would probably be on your lists if he had not been moved to a position many were calling for years ago.
Our staff believes, and I believe this based off what I see, their systems should overome their players deficiencies. It's the only thing that makes some of their decisions make sense.
Did anyone really think we could beat Bama by just 'doing us'? Yesterday, MSU took away our deep ball because they knew they didn't have the speed to keep up with our players. They also started running to our edges when they were unsuccessful running into our blitzes in the 1 qtr. Did we adjust to anything they did?
Blame the players all you want, they are a symptom of our disease, not the cause.