It was. And therein lies our fundamental problem. Here’s Zac after the game.
Now, if I’m Mike Brown, my response is, so what am I paying you $3 million a year for? If your whole strategy is, Joe will save us, why don’t I take your salary and put it toward his giant second contract? Tell me what, exactly, YOU bring to the table, Zac?
I freely admit that’s unfair, Zac clearly has a solid grip on the locker room and the players love him, he is not without value. But it highlights his limitations. Imagine Joe with a Bill Walsh or a Sam Wyche or a Bill Belicheck etc. to raise him up. This team would steamroller the league for a decade. As it is we are struggling to stay at .500.