Skins and Lions

[davos]

Both lost tonight and are mostly on par for how they've looked this year minus Smith on the Skins. My point being here is that those two games should have been easy wins with the talent we have.

Could clearly see it both games with us controlling the clock and scrimmage in good swaths. We also looked quite similar both games; just kind of out of it and going through the motions. No passion. Are we just a weird zonked out squad on the road??

I just really hope the players see the potential and get something going against SEA.

This is a make or f'n break on the season IMO if we want be capable of making a run.  Frustrating season but still time for success. Time to get some momentum or start looking for a new staff IMO and an entire defensive reboot minus Jackson and a select few.

 

[davos]

And merry f'n turkey day! (West coaster visiting NC and last one standing after a redeye and feast day)

[LinvilleGorge]

Never should've lost those games. Never should've had to have miracles to pull off wins against the Eagles and Giants. 

The Cowboys are the only team with a winning record that we've beat (and they just got above .500 tonight), meanwhile we've lost to two teams with losing records. The reality is that we're just not that good.

[davos]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Never should've lost those games. Never should've had to have miracles to pull off wins against the Eagles and Giants. 

The Cowboys are the only team with a winning record that we've beat (and they just got above .500 tonight), meanwhile we've lost to two teams with losing records. The reality is that we're just not that good.

We're close though. 

My hard truth:

The DL situation is killing us right now at the expense of letting Peppers chase records. 

[LinvilleGorge]

26 minutes ago, davos said:

We're close though. 

My hard truth:

The DL situation is killing us right now at the expense of letting Peppers chase records. 

Who behind Peppers should be playing in his stead? The biggest single factor hurting us on the DL is Short being a near complete non-factor. You don't pay $18M a year for this type of play.

[Toolbox]

41 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Who behind Peppers should be playing in his stead? The biggest single factor hurting us on the DL is Short being a near complete non-factor. You don't pay $18M a year for this type of play.

The problem is short got paid.

[KillerKat]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Never should've lost those games. Never should've had to have miracles to pull off wins against the Eagles and Giants. 

The Cowboys are the only team with a winning record that we've beat (and they just got above .500 tonight), meanwhile we've lost to two teams with losing records. The reality is that we're just not that good.

And almost lost to the bengals! Our record didn't indicate what kind of team we are.

[Eazy-E]

Killing clock and time of possession is more important to our head coach than scoring points. That is the only reason we lost to the Lions and Skins. We have shown on multiple occasions that we can score fast and at our own will. One of the main reasons our points scored in the 3rd quarter is so fuging bad is because we almost always defer and get the ball after half time. Instead of coming out and trying to score Ron trots the boys out there with no sense of urgency. How many times have we come out in the 3rd and had the ball for what seems like almost the entire quarter only to end up punting from our opponents 45 yard line after two terrible negative plays or penalties that back us up 20 yards.  

 

[rayzor]

8 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Never should've lost those games. Never should've had to have miracles to pull off wins against the Eagles and Giants. 

The Cowboys are the only team with a winning record that we've beat (and they just got above .500 tonight), meanwhile we've lost to two teams with losing records. The reality is that we're just not that good.

I think we are good, just poorly managed. Offense has seen improvement from last year for sure, but we're still losing games we absolutely should have won and the responsibility lies directly on the guy running the show who refuses to tighten up ship consistently. He pumps the brakes far more than he should. 

[rayzor]

4 hours ago, Eazy-E said:

Killing clock and time of possession is more important to our head coach than scoring points. That is the only reason we lost to the Lions and Skins. We have shown on multiple occasions that we can score fast and at our own will. One of the main reasons our points scored in the 3rd quarter is so fuging bad is because we almost always defer and get the ball after half time. Instead of coming out and trying to score Ron trots the boys out there with no sense of urgency. How many times have we come out in the 3rd and had the ball for what seems like almost the entire quarter only to end up punting from our opponents 45 yard line after two terrible negative plays or penalties that back us up 20 yards.  

 

Yep. Totally agreed. He's focused on the wrong part of the scoreboard. Only thing he needs to be focused on is the score and making sure that your number keeps growing at a faster rate than the other team's does. 

[trueblade]

8 hours ago, davos said:

We're close though. 

My hard truth:

The DL situation is killing us right now at the expense of letting Peppers chase records. 

?? Peppers is the only one I've seen on the DL making plays. He won the Eagles game with his strip sack. 

[Palmetto]

Team has a problem with laying eggs in games they should win

buts that's not new

[davos]

10 hours ago, Toolbox said:

The problem is short got paid.

This as well, didn't emphasize it but can't inore his lackluster play. Interior is not showing up minus Love.

On the outside, we just don't have the talent behind Peppers that can power or speed rush effectively.