my take on week 4

the game against the lions was exciting, albeit a little sloppy for my taste.

the most encouraging thing about the win was the fact that the offense finally looked to be on track. until this week, they looked awful and out of sync. a big part of them putting it together was scott linehan allowing them to revert back to some of the old plays and terminology from the martz era. those changes obviously made bulger more comfortable running the offense and allowed them to finally get into the endzone more than once per game. i think that really speaks volumes about linehan. he might be a first year head coach, but he's been running that offense of his for a few years now. most coaches like that would employ the "my way or the highway" attitude. they'd force the players to either adapt to the new terminology and plays or find other guys that would. instead, linehan made the necessary adjustments for his team to be successful. he put winning before his own pride. i like that. mike martz would never have done something like that. martz's failure (stubborn refusal) to make adjustments based on his personnel was/is his biggest weakness. linehan showed that he doesn't have that problem and that bodes well for the rams.

while the offense got back on track, the defense seemed to take a step back. guys were out of position, screwing up their assignments, they failed to get any real pressure on kitna and the tackling wasn't nearly as crisp as it had been in previous games. i'm hope haslett is working hard to fix that. also, we could really use another cornerback. special teams was pretty unimpressive this week too.

this next game against green bay should be interesting. the packers are pretty weak. lets hope the boys can bring home win number 4!