What is it that's wrong?

Sorry man. Holmgren sucks as a president.

So far his decision to pick Shurmur has been a trainwreck. I do not like any of Holmgren’s decisions out side of Heckert.

I’ll see what I can come up with.

1) We have a lot of young guys who look like good players, but not really any stars. There’s a lot that can help us for the foreseeable future. I’m not a fan of Shurmur so far, but I don’t think he needs to get replaced immediately. Everyone deserves a fair shot.

I don’t know about McCoy. If the season ended today I would say it’s a need, but he’s got time to change that.

2) Hardesty is doing a pretty good job and Ward hasn’t been bad, just not as good as his start to last year. I have no idea who deserves credit. My gut says mostly Heckert, but Holmgren has some input as well.

3) Our problem on defense is that we’re ok everywhere, but not great anywhere. We could really use another quality DB, and probably a linebacker.

4) In my opinion, execution/planning is the bigger issue. Our talent at WR is certainly an issue though.

1) The whole offense looks slow and seems like they are thinking more than reacting. I think this can be fixed as the guys continue to get used to the new scheme. I don’t think Shurmur needs replaced immediately, but he has got to quit looking like he is new to the league by not being prepared. I don’t know about Colt. The leadership is there, but as Rufio says, he gets hit once and he falls apart.
2) Our recent high picks are doing awsome…Sheard and Taylor are in the top 10 for early candidates of ROY awards on defense. Little is showing promise as a WR and should become a legit slot threat for us if we ever get a #1 receiver. I give all the credit to Heckert on those.
3) Defense is very suspect at the S position and LB position and CB position. Young is mediocre at best, the LB’s just need to get younger and more talented outside of DQ who is playing great, and Sheldon Brown is showing is age at CB this year.
4) Both…we need help all over here. OL needs improved outside of Thomas and Mack. We desperately need a #1 WR. As mentioned above, the jury is still out on McCoy. Execution of plays and planning also needs to be smoother and faster.
On the bright side though..Atlanta is not playing like the SB contender many thought they would be so hopefully our pick from them continues to get better.

1. I still think there is room for Shurmur and/or Colt to be the answer, though my confidence that either will actually do this is dwindling. If Colt can just take his time at the line so that he doesn’t get obliterated, a lot of things will start falling into place for him; balls will be more accurate, blitzes will become less effective, and the offense as a whole will run much more smoothly. Shurmur can work with QBs and he knows his Xs and Os. But unfortunately I think it is going to take an offseason for either of them to re-evaluate themselves, learn, and grow. Both have major weaknesses right now.

If the season ended tomorrow, I would want to draft a QB in round 1.

2. I think the vast majority of this is Heckert. The only draft pick Holmgren has really made himself was Colt, and he shared that openly. I think he probably has input and advice, but isn’t making the final decision. Whatever they are doing is working.

3. I think that for the first time in a while we don’t have a huge hole on D. I’d probably say a FS would be priority 1, then OLB, then a pass rusher are our biggest needs. But if we wanted to draft someone else, say another CB or a pass-rushing DT, I don’t think it would be a glaring oversight. Help anywhere except CB1 would probably be welcome.

4. Offensive talent is clearly the bigger need. The execution and gameplanning need tweaks, but when you can’t even execute blocking assignments correctly, or when players fill the wrong gap, no play is ever going to work. We’ve done some things well in terms of setting up defenses for big plays later or taking advantage of the other defense’s aggressiveness, but not enough. Our offense is still too wide and too shallow, mostly because I think we are searching for what we do well. We need to figure that out (hint: it’s running the ball) and develop plays that work effectively off of one another more than just run every play that exists to see whether or not we’re good at it.

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Colt technically isn’t a rookie. Neither is Ward or Usama but these guys are looking like rookies

robiskie was the only one i can think of who really needed to be dumped yesterday, and little already took his spot.

aside from that, the guards need a lot of help, but they’re pretty young so maybe they get an excuse. as has been mentioned above, the safety play has been average at best, and sheldon brown ain’t great, but they are serviceable, i guess.

good to see you back. good luck, be safe, and thanks for what you do … and please pass that on to your guys out there, too.

Both guards. Sheldon Brown is a close third.

Yeah it was actually quote from Shurmur that was in one of Chris’s articles so I couldn’t resist putting the Golan twist on it.