Lombardi's column

[Defensewins]

It is refreshing to read a sports writer that has enough intelligence to jump off the AH hate bandwagon and talk about something more important, like what it will take to get this team going in the right direction. It is almost like this guy has been on our sight and reading some the more productive posts.
This team is not showing any signs of continuity or small amounts of improvement. Especially the defense which is chasing it's tail. The AH distraction is gone and it is time for the normal process of grading our coaches, players and scouts.
The switch to the 3-4 was a big mistake and created more player needs and seriously reduced the over all level of play on our team. Shanahan can't un-ring that bell now. If we are going to stick to the 3-4 we will have even more player needs added to our ever growing laundry list of positions we will have to fill.
It is refreshing to have someone lay a little blame on the coaching staff and FO.
Shanahan needs to guard against coming off as an unbending inflexible little dictator like the recently fired Denver coach Josh McDaniel. Nobody is perfect and Shanahan needs to admit and man up when he is wrong.