This team has TALENT no doubt. A run down:
1.) Best secondary in football by far. Even if you disagree...Gilmore is a top 5 CB and J.C Jackson is at least a top 10 #2 CB. Then there's Jones who is a top 5 sot corner. And I haven't even mentioned D-Mac, Dugger, Philips, Brooks, and JJW...I'd say that is one of the better safety groups in the league.
2.) The OL...when healthy (i.e. Wynn, Thuney, Andrews, Mason, and Eluemunor/Onwenu) is one of the best in the league...maybe top 5 even. And we have serious depth this year that is being tested too.
3.) DL: We have LAwrence Guy who is vastly underrated..but not much else. However, you only need MEAT here for the most part...not everyone has an Aaron Donald.
4.) DE/OLB: We have some talent here...just no ELITE talent yet...but it is a decent group that can dial up pressure.
5.) RB: Harris, Michel, White, Burkhead, and Taylor is a very good room. THere are almost no more elite three down backs in the NFL. The only non-RBBC RB's I can think of going division-by-division are: Joe Mixon, Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, Austin Ekeler, Ezekiel Elliott, Miles Sanders, Saquon Barkley, Aaron Jones, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara, Christian McCaffrey, and Chris Carson. So...nly 12 teams don't have a RBBC situation...and of those 12...8 of their RB's are either OUT, Questionable, or on I/R for week 8. Not many teams have the depth we do at RB.
6.) QB: Yeah, Cam looks like crap right now...but the man is a former MVP. I would say Cam is still one of the top 20 QB's in the league...which is al all we can ask for after the GOAT left.
7.) Our ST units are elite...except for NIck Folk, IMO.
As for the weaknesses....I agree on: WR, TE, and MLB. For TE....we drafted two guys....and had no camp. I think both will be better in 2021. MLB..well...we get Hightower back next year...and that will help a lot, but I'd like to see more speed...or for our safety group to play in the box more. WR....we did draft a guy in round 1, tried a drug addict, tried a head case, and brought in all kinds of vets. We will need to do better in the off-season.
So, it has to be lack of motivation more than talent. Even Reiss mentioned that he wondered whether Gilmore was making a "business decision" by not tackling a guy too hard on Sunday.
