You were taught to give them the benefit of the doubt.
No matter how obviously wrong they may seem at times.
Because they’re privy to information we in the great unwashed masses are not.
That there’s no hidden, magical knowledge they possess.
They’re just as capable of Philistine pig-ignorance as the rest of us.
Take for example, Eliot Wolf and his front office.
The failure to address the offensive line.
The unwillingness to re-sign Matthew Judon.
These seemed like pretty glaring issues.
Their Pro Football Focus pass blocking grade is 54.7, which is 29th in the league.
This is a nightmare.
On one side of the ball, teams are killing you with four rushers.
On the other side, they’re killing you unless you send five or more.
Even with my Weymouth Public Schools math background, I can work those numbers.
And it’s basically playing 10, or even 9, on 11 for 60 minutes.
Skating short handed on every shift of the game.
Which would be tragic if it came out of nowhere.
Let’s say, if you lost your best left tackle and your edge rusher to injuries.
But that doesn’t let The Wolf and the personnel department off the hook by any stretch.
This situation isn’t the result of bum luck or tough breaks.
Instead they signed Chuks Okorafor, who was pulled from his right tackle duties in Pittsburgh.
And whom they parted ways with 12 snaps into Week 1.
Six of those plays were in pass protection, and he gave 3 pressures and a QB hit.
Instead of a draft pick, which won’t be of much use until 50 weeks from now.
I’ve been saying all year that wins and losses don’t mean anything to me.
I stand by that.
The priority remains developing Drake Maye so that compete for a playoff spot next year.
Job 2 is to develop a young wide receiver depth chart.
And both tasks are going to be next to impossible given the disastrous situation along the O-line.
And things aren’t working out in the wide receivers room either.
Like Hooper and every other voice of reason in every disaster movie, we tried to warn them.
But they … just … wouldn’t … listen.
And while I hope I’m wrong, now might be too late to do anything about it.
