(10-01-2024, 04:43 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(10-01-2024, 03:52 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: I'm an evidence-based guy, so I'll believe it when I see it! 

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The flip side of that thought is that about 6 to 8 plays in 3 games are executed correctly and we're 3-1 thinking that the bills game was a fluke.

This is something I've been thinking about. We've had all those breaks go against us so far this year (Etienne fumble, Safety against Cleveland) and they've hurt us enough and motivated the opposition and the games slipped away. Look at someone like the Chiefs. They've been pretty poor so far but with a few favourable calls they are 4-0. The league is so close standard wise, there aren't any real super teams and there aren't any awful 0-16 teams (no, we aren't THAT bad), it really feels an any given Sunday league right now.

I think of that Brady quote that games come down to 4-5 plays and the team that executes them usually gets the W and that's been our biggest achilies heel so far. We've not made those plays and we've let other teams make theirs.

The margin between a W and an L is so small now and we had found a way to get on the right side of those games but it's like we've forgotten again.

Just trying to keep everyone honest here, but going back in a game and picking out certain plays that were negative and turning them positive is a useless exercise.  Look at the Texans game, if the Houston punt returner hadn't muffed that punt to begin the game you'd have to take 7 points off the board and give the Texans offense another drive to start the game.  According to your logic, the Jaguars would have been less "motivated" to win.

Overcoming adversity is a huge piece of the puzzle when constructing a winning NFL team.

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