Fundamentals

Quintin Mikell just can't tackle. The issue here, of course, is the lack of depth across the board. So many players were let go this offseason, and most of the backups became starters. These guys were generally drafted well. But the backups to the backups, who are now the backups, are now progressively lower and lower picks, and so the ability just isn't there. Regardless the strength of the system, you can't plug in inferior players and expect it to still function at a high level. Hopefully the team has seen this and is willing to adjust. We've seen some evidence of change, as they resigned Westbrook. Given the turnover on the offensive line (and how awful it's been), hopefully they resign Runyan, and this opens a new era of retaining key players rather than trying to just replace them.