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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
LOL so the final result doesn't matter because YOU want everything to be perfect and act like mistakes and some bad performances aren't part and parcel of a normal season? Smh  . And you're wrong about Pat struggling since Hop arrived. 13 td's, just 3 ints, good passer rating and more yards simply don't agree with your notion.
Actually they've pointed out how much Taylor had made Smith's job so much harder. Acting like "Smith is a problem" is just silly to me. He's far from a big problem imo.
The biggest "issue" a team can have is LOSING games. Therefore suggesting this team is worse this season is crazy. Last year we couldn't score and at times the defense had rough games against Denver and Greenbay. So let's be realistic about what happened.
I don't need to pretend about anything. Last regular season this team in the middle of losing 5 in 8 games. If you think that was great then OK buddy  |
I didn't say last season was great. I said there were fewer problems to overcome. The defense was elite last season; we rode their performances all season while the offense struggled. This season the defense isn't as good. We allowed a beat-up hamstrung TB to come into Arrowhead and score 17 2nd half points to tie it up. thank God they were sporting the 29th ranked defense at the time so Pat could just drive it down for a TD so we could escape with that W.
And we won vs. DEN because of STs, basically a DEN blocker was shitty at his job that Toub saw on film. Otherwise, we lose that game, because when we needed it, the defense couldn't stop Bo Pix and the DEN offense from moving the ball all the way down inside our 20-yd line or whatever.
Then we let CAR score 27 on us. The 31st ranked offense at the time, scoring less than 20 points/gm, until we showed up.
Then we stumble bass-ackwards into a W vs. LVR because their rookie C snapped the ball early but the refs decide the flag was for illegal motion. So we win on a technicality, because again they were in FG range. Against a 2-9 team with AOC leading them at QB.
So, again, while the record suggests we're dominant, the actual performances do not agree. Our defense isn't as dominant as it was last season, period. They aren't bad/terrible, but they aren't as solid. Shocking, since we lost Sneed and Gay, and then Watson got hurt early in the season.
And while Pat has been better since DHop arrived, let's not pretend he's been great. His PR since DHop showed up has only risen to around 90. So slightly better than average. And even with DHop, Pat has shown some poor judgement, not even including that throw into triple coverage. HE's just gotten away with it more recently than he did early in the season.
But whatever. Believe whatever you want to believe. Fr the record, I hope I'm wrong about this team this season. I hated being right about them last season.