Our Mistakes....

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I feel the exact same way as you. I thought Spurrier was a really good choice at the time but he seemed to lose interest... and I think the players felt this and this was evident in all the penalties and sloppy playing.

Although, as much as I like Stephen Davis and he would be perfect under the Gibbs offense, at the time I also agreed with letting him go. He was starting to get injury prone and seemed to start fumbling the ball at the worst times. Plus, at his age and salary, this is just the way of the NFL now. At this stage in their careers, I would rather have Portis than Davis as my starter.

Originally Posted by kingerock

You know, I was excited when Spurrier was coming in. I really thought we'd be able to develop a Ram-esque speed offensive game and bringing in Trotter and Armstead along with our good DBs would make us a true contender in a couple years. It just seems that for whatever reason Spurrier couldn't or just didn't want to adapt. He probably believed his own press and got used to being able to win with the best talent. Just shows how solid the NFL as a league is in general. You can't buck the system.

The other big, big blunder was letting Stephen Davis go. Blocking was bad last season, but without the threat of a running threat it was just constant pounding from opposing defenses. I think that Gibbs is smart enough to block, to run and to adapt when something isn't working out right.