(10-22-2018, 08:19 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(10-22-2018, 08:10 PM)JackCity Wrote: I truly do not understand people who would rather blame the defense and excuse 5s awful play.

And I truly do not understand people who lay all the blame on 5 and excuse a defense that can't stop the run or win against a scrub offense like Houston.

This team was built to win with defense.  It spends big money on defense.  With the amount of talent they have this defense should be great.  It's not.  It's merely good.  So stop acting like it's all on the qb when the OL is broken and defective and we have no effective power running game and our receivers often have hands of stone.  

Blake isn't Ryan or Goff or Cousins or even Smith.  We knew he wasn't going to be and now that all the injuries have happened, he can't be expected to become something he's not.  He can get better at not turning the ball over.  If he does that, he's done his part.  Then it will up to Hyde to help out the run game and the defense to return to their previous level of play.  If those things happen, we can still win the division.

They held Houston to 20 points and 139 yards passing..with one of those scores coming in our own redzone from a Blake fumble. The defense has been well above average so far this season. 

You need to listen when people say "it's not all on Blake" before blindly saying your first paragraph. 

 "He can get better at not turning the ball over"
Nah, that's likely gonna be Blake forever , he has the most turnovers since he came into the league. 

We can still win the division if Blake drastically improves his play sure. Having Fournette, Hyde and Yeldon should help, but also we need Blake to stop turning it over so much and start leading scoring drives in the first quarter. 

All in all, if we lose to the eagles our chances of winning the division are incredibly slim.

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