I don't care to give this guy the extra clicks but I wonder if this is just his shtick .

I visited NY a couple years back right after Eli had made some really bad decision the night before, calling a timeout when they were out of them or something, that everyone felt was the deciding factor in a loss. My wife and I were surprised to see the front page of the NY Post had a picture of him with his helmet photoshopped into a dunce cap and the local media tearing into him. It seemed a little extreme for an early season game but drove home the point that the NY media can be a bit over the top.

It feels so good to have some wins this early in the season but recent history has made me a little hesitant to crown the Jags just yet. We've been a part of 3 blowouts so far, 2 in our favor and 1 against us. I'm still waiting to see how we take care of business down the stretch and am curious how the team reacts when their gameplan isn't working after the first couple series.

This kind of article is bulletin board material and I would love nothing more than for opposing teams to not take us seriously just to get punched in the mouth. The more success we have though, the less likely this will be the case.

I still like us to win but wonder about our emotional maturity. Marrone seems to be setting the right tone, does the team need another wake-up call to stay focused even though they are favored? That to me is what that fake punt was about. We've been so bad for so long that he wanted the team to finish and execute the gameplan despite the score. I'm not usually in favor of that kind of thing. I can remember a couple seasons ago when Brady was still in the game in the 4th quarter when they were up by 40 and being ticked off as they continued to poor it on. If that is what it takes to teach this team to finish games though so be it.

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