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Originally Posted by nunusguy
A "winning culture" is just kinda an old worn out cliche that really doesn't mean much of anything ? #1 will suffice - better talent on defensive. Like guys who can effectively and consistantly put pressure on the QB and guys who can cover the receivers.
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Winning Culture is no cliche.
Losing breeds losing. Guys start expecting it. They start waiting for something to go wrong. Even on my couch I have started to cringe and wait for disaster every time this time we play well. This is a losing culture.
The opposite would be a winning culture where a team expects to somehow pull out every game. They expect the breaks to go their way. They expect an OL to take a kickoff 71 yards. They expect to be the team that gets the pick 6 in OT, not the other way around.
Our guys need a reason to believe that they are going to win. That the breaks are going to go that way. A few QBs are capable of creating that feeling on their team. Maybe 1 defensive guy. But mostly that comes down to the head coach. And you better believe Bill Cowher standing on the sideline would go a long way towards our players shaking off the feeling of impending doom we now operate under.
As for superior talent fixing #1, good luck. Because I really wonder if we just blew our 1st round pick going with Jackson over McCourty, or if you swapped the two, you would see McCourty falling down and Jackson picking off passes. Or our multiple #1 picks and FA signings on the DL. What can we really spend on the DL to get consistent pass rush that hasn't been spent already? So good luck fixing our Defense through personnel changes made by the same guys who got and coached the current personnel.