[Dr. Van Halen]

Originally Posted by Messier

Seems like the haters feel some vindication. Its misplaced. Smith wasn't the problem last night, sure he had some bad throws mixed in, but honestly he was playing well enough to win that game. We run a west coast O that relies heavily on rac yards, maybe it's the wrong O for the personal, but it's what Reid runs, and I don't think they'll change it 11 weeks into the season.

The problem is the short passes aren't being turned into big gains. Receivers fall down after the catch or get little blocking help. One play I noticed was the 26 yard pass to Bowe, ot was well thrown, he caught it in stride, but he fell down immediately after catching it, in a perfect situation, bowe could get another 10 or 15 yards out of it. Its what the Broncos do, they get most of their yardage after the catch.

There were a lot of players falling down last night. Cooper on the big pass, Bowe -- all of our receivers kept stumbling. Nerves, I guess?