Thing is, Bill thinks he can win with a Mac-type QB. Bill hasn't changed the team building formula much since the dynasty died, focusing on mid-tier talent that meet his personality demands. His D coaching is still great but as a HC, he's been outcoached more often then not the last 3 years.
I'm not surprised by anything that is happening because its more of the same: the belief that Bill's team building and coaching acumen is good enough to make this team a contender. It's not. There's no longer a coaching advantage since a lot of our previous coaches are spread across the league. Bill was never an O coach, despite the nonsense of him being a QB whisperer. The modern NFL relies on uber talented players, speed, and innovative concepts. Kinda like the ST blocked fg play, which let's be honest, Bill loves him some STing.
THIS right here. 100%
you can win with a Mac type QB in the NFL. the problem is that bill's still building the roster as if he has Tom brady back there. if you switched Mac with Tua or Purdy, i'm sure he would be doing just fine in their QB friendly offenses loaded with weapons and they would be struggling here.
its one thing to ask brady to make mid-tier talent work and even then it didn't 2006, 2013, 2019 were all down years for brady because of his sub-par talent 'BILL THE GM' put around him.
where most teams in the league look at their young QB's and say ok, lets get them a stud on offense to help them out and make it easier. Bill says, lets see what receiver i can grab off the scrap heap and make it work.
you can put brady back there and i'm sure he would make it work with this offense. but you aren't winning in this modern NFL when your top skill players are parker/bourne/juju. Bill wants to play a style of football that is gone in the modern era "win 16-12, run the ball play tough defense" when the modern NFL is predicated on uber talented fast players.
even the media commented how only DD had the ability to make a big play. and how all our skill players are slow.
problem is we cant even run the ball and defenses are not holding explosive offenses to 10-15 points. we just don't have the horses to compete. so when other teams have a tyreek hill or aj brown their margin of error is so much higher. those guys can take a small play and bring it to the house, their catch radius is ridiculous. with our guys everything needs to be perfect because the talent level isn't there. look at the dolphins. when they needed it, huge run play for a td, huge 30 yard gain for Hill.
the other team has a v8 mustang you are riding in a horse and buggy. bourne cant even be bothered to put his 2nd hand out on a deep pass that is right there...
theres also this myth that bill won with subpar receiving talent and we never needed them. history shows that brady was his best when he had guys like Moss, welker, edelman, gronk, hernandez. he struggled(for him) quite abit in 2006, 2013, 2019....and made massive jumps the next year when Bill finally got him horses or he just left and went to mike evans/godwin/gronk/brown
Bill the GM has been pretty horrible since 2018. and thats 5 years now.
