(11-01-2022, 10:00 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(11-01-2022, 09:06 AM)Caldrac Wrote: No. It's common sense. You can mince my words or interpret it however you want. It's very, very simple. Just like the other group on here that likes to bull [BLEEP] themselves into the argument of "It's not how you start, it's how you finish, if Trevor gets the lead back and the defense can't get it done then it's on them, etc".

While completely disregarding that it's a 60 minute game in total through four quarters of play. I am not trying to make myself anything. I am simply calling a spade a spade when I see it. Period. When someone tasks you to do something, when someone is entrusting you to do something? Do you get mad when you fail? Do you take accountability for something that was within your control or your hands?

Or, do you deflect and look at somebody else and blame it on them? It's a pathetic argument. Again, I DONT CARE IF IT'S 1ST AND GOAL OR 4TH AND 1 WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE. IF THE BALL IS IN YOUR HANDS DO YOUR DAMN JOB!

Period. End of discussion. Stop giving this kid a free pass every time he makes a [BLEEP] mistake. It's OKAY to criticize the play and not the play call. The play calls GOT YOU THERE to begin with. Now finish the job. He's done it twice now within a four week span. Etienne did it the previous week against the Giants. It's not just him. 

Yes, the defense needs to close it out in the 4th quarter. And, also, yes, the QB needs to stop making dumb [BLEEP] decisions when they're within striking distance. He did it in Philadelphia when they had a chance to get back in the game with the sideline INT. He did it at home against the tinhorns. He just did it again in London. He graded out as the single worst performer on offense per PFF's metrics in London. 

The only thing that makes me angry around here is the [BLEEP] blind [BLEEP] fans who just willingly accept mediocre play and mediocre results from highly drafted players and highly touted players payed millions of dollars to get the job done. Stop crowning him. He doesn't deserve it. Stop making excuses for his blunders with the football in his hands. He doesn't deserve it. 

There, NOW, mission accomplished.

You're the one buying into media hype and using that to shape where you expect him to be.

Every pre-draft writeup is ebullient praise and hyperbole of overwhelming potential.

Trevor is our QB. Full stop. He's going to make mistakes.

It's not that I accept poor play or poor results so much that I don't base my emotional wellbeing on a final score, a fourth down conversion, or a blog post deriding the team I love. Punching the wall ain't gonna make them win. Me screaming on a message board ain't gonna undo Trevor's bad pass. A strongly worded letter to the editor ain't gonna make the defense get a stop late in the game.

You want to be upset. You're upset. I choose not to be upset, we differ. We'll both be cheering on Sunday, so in that sense we can agree on something.