Wow! What a game going out to the West coast where we notoriously play dismally. BUT NOT TODAY BOYS... We put a high-powered, hard-hitting butt whooping blowout win against the Chargers with the final score being 38-10.
You know the drill:
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Trevor Lawrence: 28/39 262 yds 3 TDs and 0 INTs. Played another excellent game today and has shown that he can lead this team to victories. Had a couple of overthrows early but quickly turned it around. And I'll say this, the messageboard clown was right that we would see a REAL QB play today. Unfortunately for him, it was the one in the Jags uniform. TLaw is that man so put some respect on the kid.
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James Robinson + ETN: 36 rushes for 151 yds and 1 TD collectively as a team today. JRob logged a 100yd day with a tremendous TD on the 4th down play. The heck with the wheelbarrow, back up the brinks truck for him. ETN running HARD today too, loved it.
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Pass protection: Overall, I haven't had any attention placed towards the O-line which is a great thing outside of the occasional play or two. The Chargers were banged up but I think our play-designs have also led to this becoming a backburner issue currently.
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Receivers: Again, I have to praise the entire unit here as it was a great performance by all. CKirk with 72 yds and a TD, Zay with 85 yds and a TD, and Marvin with 33 yds and a TD. Engram was clutch too but all of these guys made some big time catches.
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Defense: Our defense played LIGHTS out in all 3 levels once again. Forcing pressures and turnovers, even though the sacks might not have been there today. 1 INTs, 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery. This unit is TOP 5 and leads the NFL in takeaways. Shaq Griffin was out and our weak point today seemed to be Herndon and Jenkins but overall, our guys made the plays we needed them to and it worked out. I know Tyson Campbell gave up the touchdown but that was a tremendous throw and catch by Herbert and Williams. He played a great game as whole and caused the pop up that allowed D. Lloyd to snag it out of the air. He just needs to work on getting his head around and tracking the ball.
- Devin Lloyd: The kid is an absolute gamechanger out there and is showing why we moved up to get him. He was all over the field today registering 1 INT and a bevy of tackles like a field general on the D. He's going to lead this defense for years to come and it's crazy how fast he is progressing with the limited offseason he had.
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Josh Allen + Travon Walker: As mentioned above, even though the sacks weren't there today - mostly because they were getting held and their offense adjusted to quick passes, these guys were collapsing the pocket on numerous occasions. We have our prolific pass-rushing duo and I hope we back up the brinks truck for Allen this year so we can keep this up for years to come.
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Doug Pederson and the coaching staff: I will continue giving these guys the highest praise available because it's evident that Pederson knows what he is doing as a Superbowl winning coach. Absolutely CLINICAL playcalling out there today. Once again, the gameplan outside of the, I believe, 3rd drive was spectacular. His play designs clearly maximize the output of our players and their strengths and minimize the deficiencies either due to talent/injuries/etc. I also love his aggressiveness and I can see how his philosophy and mindset is permeating throughout our team on the field. These boys are playing FAST, AGGRESSIVE, and DETERMINED.
I know it's weird to experience this level of consistency with the way we dominated our opponents the past two weeks, but I think this is a sign of things to come with this ELITE coaching staff and our talented, young core players in this team. The West coast curse is broken and maybe our perennial woes will be as well. Lets not jump the gun but hey, lets enjoy this BLOWOUT WIN. On to the next one boys against Pederson's ex-team who are flying high at the moment too. It'll definitely be a good one and I think we will have them grounded.
Man, this feels good. LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!! DUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
