Playing armchair QB or general manager from the sideline is a dangerous game. We’re not in the meeting rooms. We don’t know how practice is going and aren’t in tune with the coaches and players. We miss the 10-12 hour workdays leading up to Sunday and see the three-hour result.
The theme of last week was the special teams' blunders. First, against the Vikings, Robbie Gould missed a field goal that would have made Minnesota’s final drive irrelevant. Next, Trenton Cannon had a shaky kick return. Then, Brandon Aiyuk always looks like he has no idea how to field a punt.