What's missing?

When a team is sloppy in so many areas and makes mistakes so often, that has to be coaching. Even guys like Jason Witten are committing back breaking penalties. I wonder how much they actually go game speed in practice, because they always say they don’t make those same mistakes during the week. But then at game time, the whole team is sloppy, starts slowly, and seems unprepared.

Also, I think there is more to a game plan than just coming up with clever play design. At some point, you have to recognize the talent level of your guys compared to the talent level of their guys, and then design plays accordingly. If your OL is rarely able to out muscle the opposing team, it is not their fault when you continue to call plays calling for them to do so. If your RB’s strength is getting the ball in open space, it’s not his fault when he’s regularly called upon to take the ball up the middle. If your LB is slower than their TE, you need to devise a scheme that doesn’t put him in man to man coverage with no other defenders within 15 yards. Etc.

I could be way off, but as someone else said, either this team isn’t nearly as talented as everyone thinks, or they are poorly coached.

A playmaker on offense, preferably at WR.

A playmaker in the secondary, preferably at FS.

Two more mean, nasty O-linemen.

The players simply aren’t executing during critical times in the game. That has absolutely nothing to do with coaching, thats simply on the players to play better.

Like you said, the coaches are putting them in positions to succeed, they’re just not coming through with plays when they need to.

A great example of this is the long completion to Jackson on 3rd down, when the game was tied and we had good ol mo on our side.

I know Newman was coached how to cover Jackson in that situation, Tony Dungy pointed out the same thing Sunday night, however, Newman simply didn’t make the play when we needed it. That play wasn’t the coaches fault, it was Newman’s fault.

Same with the PI call on Sensi on SD first drive, thats on Sensi, the coaches didn’t coach him to commit that penalty.

Lack of fire, aggression, is on the coaches. Coaches keep their player’s heads in the game. This team needs a new personality, an aggressive one. Won’t get that with Phillips

We need somebody like Ray Lewis on defense, somebody that will knock your head off and hold teammates accountable. We need a better offensive line, one with a meanstreak that doesn’t make stupid mistakes. We need better coaching, a coach who understands how to exploit another team’s weakness. Garrett is stubborn and does not use his players to the best of their ability.