What is the biggest difference between when we were 6-2 and now?

[over the mountain]

some valid points DMV, worth discussing even though there are individual threads on each one of your points.

1 - how much did the injuries to the O line, portis not praacticing for weeks, lack of having another receiver not named moss and zorn being a new HC with no OC position experience effect his ability to implement and adjust to his gameplan?

2 - we might have stopped running the ball b/c portis has been ineffective, injured, not in practice and teams were stacking the box in the second half of the season. if he kept running portis, the question would be "why is he continuing to run portis when its not working. only an idiot keeps doing the same thing expecting different results".

3 - yup we sure did

4 - i thought the playcalling was decent this game, others not so much; my big knock is the lack of taking chances down field but when JC has time and a long pass play is called the ball still didnt come out. very frustrating to blame the o line the past few weeks for lack of stretching the field (no time) only to see JC with time scanning the field and the ball still doesnt come out.

5 - agree for the most part, his lack of progression as a player is a result of alot of things; one being JC has done nothing to quiet the areas of criticism that were being said before the season began. hard to blame zorn for JC problems that existed before he was here even if he was supposed to be a qb "genius".

6 - agree, but we knew this going into the season, weve known this for too many years now. i really really want a bonafide wrecking ball of D player who lines up near the line of scrimmage which goes to another point: most other nfl offenses get help from their D in good field position or points. our O gets zero help from our D.

the rest i think i blame more on portis and others turning distrustful of this franchsises ability to put together a winner and i understand that. they have been here for awhile now and have seen the same problems and results year after year (even though they in their own part have lead to this stretch of mediocre). as fans we are frustrated, imagine being a player? zorn made some rookie coach mistakes and the players didnt make it easy on him either.

go skins!!