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IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SHULA


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The defense will do their part in keeping us in the game.  I have no doubt about it.  They might even score a TD or set us up for a quick score. 

 

I think the players will be motivated and focused and execute the plays called.

 

Shula has 17 weeks of film and one of those was a head to head match up.  Shula has to have a good game plan from the opening whistle.   There shouldn't be any excuse for a solid game plan.

 

We have the players, we have the defense.   Shula needs to be his "A" GAME on Sunday.

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This game boils down to a hell of a lot more than just Shula. Our Run D has been porous the last couple weeks- Gore is coming to town. Last time we didn't face David much or Crabtree at all. Aldon Smith was in a limited role, Cam's passes were off, OL couldn't create lanes; O only scored 10.

It comes down to winning the one on one battles, the execution and like my title says it comes down to controlling the LOS.

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This game boils down to a hell of a lot more than just Shula. Our Run D has been porous the last couple weeks- Gore is coming to town. Last time we didn't face David much or Crabtree at all. Aldon Smith was in a limited role, Cam's passes were off, OL couldn't create lanes; O only scored 10.

It comes down to winning the one on one battles, the execution and like my title says it comes down to controlling the LOS.

 

As I said in the opening post.  I believe the defense will show up and I hope execution will be good.  Our defense isn't so much a worry for me as our offense is.

 

We have squeaked wins against NYJ, NO and Atl with all three games won by the defense.  Our offense has looked stagnant for long stretches in the game. 

 

With every defense there is a way to attack it.  I don't think Shula does a good enough job at finding those weaknesses a defense has.   Green Bay notched 20 points against SF in the second coldest game in history or something like that. 

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idk how this is on shula, as long as the play calling isn't like at the end of the falcons game we should be find as long as guys get there job done.

 

its out of our hands we have to trust our guys know how important this game is and that they will be prepare for it, and they have proven time after time they have been ready.

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