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10-27-2013, 04:22 PM | Topic Starter |
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Tale of 2 halves should raise hopes and concerns
Seems there is always a game or two every season where you find yourself saying "this half was totally different". In the 1st half our offense was eating up clock and scoring every possession until a missed FG. Our defense was holding Cleveland to 3 and out every possession until a missed FG.
I think we might have started sleep walking a bit. After the missed FG, 2 plays and a TD for Cleveland and suddenly we were getting punched in the mouth. The offense answered with a great drive for a TD to move the lead back to 13 but Cleveland worked our D again for a FG at the end of the half. Then the 2nd half starts and everyone is like "WTF?" Cleveland marched right down the field to score a TD on their 1st drive. Our offense sputtered. Our O-line forgot to come out of the locker room. Smith missed a WR who (from my view at the game) appeared to let up a little. Our defense got 0 pressure and was suddenly scratching to get the Browns off the field. However, once again when it mattered the team showed up. Outcoached and outplayed for the better part of the 2nd half the defense found their game. The offense found their game. We controlled the ball, burned some clock, extended the lead and held Cleveland from scoring. The concerns: O-line has just got to improve all the way around Every Qb overthrows receivers but Smith is doing it a little too much. I'd rather he overthrown than underthrow but he has to hit these guys when they are open better than he has. The hopes: With all the concerns and the ugliness of the game, our QB still managed to have a good game and kept away from the dreaded turnover that may have tilted the game the other way The defense stiffened up and finally started getting pressure when they absolutely had to have it. Adversity is something we are dealing with game after game as of late and we are not folding. This is the promise of this team. We don't get scared. We don't panic. We don't go into a shell. We find a way to play through or mistakes. 8-0 is something no one in the world thought we would be. Here's to a special season!!! |
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... Cheers!
Tale of two halves indeed.. hate the nail-biter games we have been enduring, but the endings are a big . This team won't get complacent... each aspect is doing enough when they need to. KC exemplifies the team game motto as well as any team can.
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I like it when the defense stiffens up
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Offense moved the ball well and ate clock the 1st half.
2nd half the line played like $#it, Smiff played like $@it, defense thought they were french for the whole 3rd quarter...
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I don't think we made shit for adjustments and we got caught thinking we were gonna roll this team.
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The lack of pressure against a Browns offensive line that had given up a ton of sacks is worrisome. |
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The Browns have a couple pro-bowlers on their O-line
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Going into the game, only the Jaguars had given up more sacks. Spin it however you want.
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we had like 35 yards offense and 5 punts in the second half for a total of 3 points...yet our offense 'found its game'?
our longest drive in the 2nd half was 3mins and 5 secs, and 6 plays... welcome to a pete thread... and no mention of Smith missing another wide open td pass in the first half?
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However, I'd just like to know what expectations were for this team at the beginning of the year? Did anybody think this team would be 8 and O? No. And who in their right mind (if you know any football at all) would expect an O to pickup a new offensive system and be a full throttle at any point in the 1st year? It was Joe Montana himself who was quoted as saying it takes 3 full years to fully learn the WCO. Yeah, what does he know. You can't even have all the players you want to run this O after only one offseason for godsakes. And yet the team is still unbeaten. Can always get better and they will but please stop with the O sucks and Alex is the worst. All he does is win games. Bye the way this is not directed at this thread in general but I just had to rant and I already know were this thread is headed. |
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