They were doomed by two things, one that happened before the season started and the other in week one. Losing DC Mike Smith to the Falcons turned out to be much bigger than anyone expected, he's obviously a fantastic coach (what he's done in the Atl is amazing). Then having both starting offensive guards go down in the week one loss at Tenn was disastrous, the offense never recovered (couple that with the starting center being out for the first six weeks and a main back-up on the line nearly being killed in a shooting incident, and the o-line was decimated). With the entire interior of the o-line hurt the run game seriously suffered and Garrard had no time in the pocket. They just never recovered fro all of that. I wouldn't count on them tomorrow.
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