Grossman gave an interview with SiriusXM radio in which he spoke on a number of issues, including how he felt about being benched for John Beck, where he expects to be in 2012 and, of course, what he thought of his team relative to its record. From the great Dan Steinberg:
"You know I've been on a lot of good teams in my career," Grossman told Adam Schein and Rich Gannon on SiriusXM radio. "And it's hard to say this, but we were a pretty damn good 5-11. You didn't really want to play us. And there's a lot of areas you can improve: the quarterback play needs to be better, a lot of different other areas, an explosive offensive player, maybe an explosive defensive player here and there. But generally speaking, I think the foundation has been set for a really, really, really good team.
"And our record doesn't show that, so it's hard to kind of say I'm not full of [expletive]. I'm not sure if I can say that on the radio or not. But I really feel like we're a good team. And our record didn't prove it. But a few pieces here and there, might be an explosive team."
What do you think? Were they really a pretty damn good 5-11 team?
I'll give him some credit for admitting the QB play needs to be better. You think so, Rex?
Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
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riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
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Or our O for not getting closer... Smh @ the pukes game in OT. Rexy shoulda got Gano closer but Gano wasn't our problem. The Os horrible redzone and ending drives that had promise was. Most or that on the shoulders of Rex
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I don't know that I'd say we were a "pretty damn good" 5-11 team, but I would certainly say that this year's 5-11 team was more talented, better disciplined, and more dangerous than last year's 6-10 team.
riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
I agree with you on that. Honestly, I don't know who was to blame for the blocks. I just know I have never seen an NFL team allow that many blocked kicks in a season!
riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
If you look at total offense/ total defense we should have been better than 5-11. If you look at turnover ratio then no, we're right where we should be
riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
I agree not all was Gano's fault......I have never in my whole life of watching football seen a field goal unit's oline get pushed back straight on their butts more often then I did ours this past year. Every time other teams would over load over the right guard area and the whole unit would just go straight back and down almost every single time so that is a huge area that Danny Smith and Co. need to focus on in the offseason.
Rex is right in a sense. We are a few explosive players away on offense and defense. The problem is, one of those is QB. We need a QB that can consistently produce points, and a receiver that can consistently get open. It's not easy to get said explosive players. Especially without the QB in place now.
The Hogster wrote:Rex is right in a sense. We are a few explosive players away on offense and defense. The problem is, one of those is QB. We need a QB that can consistently produce points, and a receiver that can consistently get open. It's not easy to get said explosive players. Especially without the QB in place now.
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