09-19-2022, 10:14 AM -
(09-19-2022, 06:49 AM)Firstchance Wrote: Wow, did anyone realize that was the fifth consecutive game where the defense didn’t have a single take away? Also, two games in and we couldn’t put a stop at the end of the game against the Browns and then we allow that 10-11 yard game clinching run.
And once again I bring up Rhule. His analytics should have informed him that we should have went for the 4th and seven or whatever it was with 2:30ish left in the game.
On two final notes. CMC touched the ball 19 times he HAS to touch it a minimum of 25… and in closing, we look like a team that is uninspired…that is the most alarming. When you go in defeated you most often come out defeated.
I think you nailed most of it. No takeaways, five games.....hard to believe. So we're seriously losing the turnover battle. That question is answered. That one run you mentioned was just that, one. The Defense was generally pretty good I think Even if that run didn't happen, we were still in a terrible spot.
The 4th and 7 call will be debated all year probably. I'm sort of ambivalent about it. Just indicative of bigger problems that need to be solved. AND your thoughts on CMC echo mine exactly. McCaffrey needs to get the ball 25 times per game. Maybe not 30.... but even that once in a while is not outrageous. There are plenty of backs throughout the history of the NFL that carried the ball 30 times.....and here and now we're talking touches. Runs and passes. He can do it. Not ideal perhaps, but not terrible.
The soul of a team is inspiration. Weighed down with this current ignominious attitude, the only probable outcome IS defeat. You are definitely correct.
OH....forgot to mention......You asked about Higgins and Marshall. Marshall played a few snaps (6 I think..). Higgins didn't play.
This post was last modified: 09-19-2022, 10:20 AM by Hobbit99.