Kirk Cousins is a bum. Ship Stefon Diggs to Washington. Tank for Andrew Luck's replacement. Fire Robert Saleh.
If the Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers listened to those cries from people outside of their buildings, they wouldn't be a combined 8-1 in their past three outings. Patience still works in the NFL, particularly when it comes to crisis management -- big and small.
Minnesota left Soldier Field in Week 4 with a purple chin check, grumpy receivers and a quarterback facing enough heat to long for a Washington return (that's some magma-level heat).
Indianapolis was labeled a ho-hum 6-10 team after Luck's sudden goodbye.
San Francisco was scarred by five consecutive non-winning seasons and under pressure to make more change after a dismal defensive performance in 2018.
All three situations required critical thinking and sound decision-making, which sometimes leads to no changes at all -- just a faith in the roster you've spent years rebuilding.
Here's how good teams face their own issues: by taking a sword to them.