I think the negativity toward Patterson is extremely short-sighted. Before this week, a street free agent that missed two FG? That's surprisingly effective. We could have had a disaster in the kicking game without him there, and he's got plenty of leg. The misses hurt this week, but KC is a formidable team and we did well to keep it as close as we did. I think Reid took it easy on Doug once they were up three scores and time was running short.

For the season, obviously the skill position players on offense have impressed. TLaw, ETN, Kirk, and especially Engram. He's proven very valuable to this offense, and I'm glad that he's working out for us. Campbell is looking good on D, and the LB corps quickly turned from glaring liability to potential strength for the future.

Biggest plus though has to be that watching our favorite team play is fun again, even if we aren't winning every game. We're getting there, it will come if we keep building around the plusses.

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