(09-18-2017, 06:18 AM)Jags02 Wrote: Good post.

BTW, we did sign a fairly proven pass catching TE in Michael Rivera, but unfortunately we had to place him on IR.

And no they didn't have to dig deep into their playbook, but that's one of the league's better offenses we just faced with the disparity in TOP wearing out our defense. The D had nothing left to give in the fourth quarter.... that or they just flat gave up.

It was probably a bit of both, the D was gassed but they also gave up.

When we got the ball back at some point in the third quarter (I think after they scored the 16-3) Campbell stepped up to Blake and seemed to encourage him, telling him something.
He was probably going something like "give us a bit of hope, score on this drive and the D will get back full force on the drive after it".
But the offense failed again and as the D came back on the field they had a different attitude and showed signs of them giving up.

It happens, no defense can have the opponents start in our territory for multiple drives over and over again.

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