(10-29-2024, 06:24 PM)OG-JAGFAN Wrote:

(10-29-2024, 01:50 PM)Mikey Wrote: That's bonkers and you know it. We don't want Trevor turtling up or holding back passes for fear of a random failure. Dude did plenty to keep us in the game in spite of his pick and fumble.

The fact you missed is the fumble put the opponents right on the goal line and the pick was deep in our own territory.  This directly lead to 14 points.  The real backbreaker was the defense finally created a turnover only for the QB to give the ball right back. Imagine how demoralized they feel after they finally got off the field and a couple plays later they are right back on it. 

The defense does stank but

The offense stanks too

I didn't miss dook.

If you look at the grand equation, the balance sheet that is our team FAR too often the D is putting us in a position where he has to be a football GOD just to keep up. Those turnovers hurt, and I get that. But cripes almighty that same kid tied the game with a minute left, we gave the D 70 yards and sixty-odd seconds to hold a backup QB, and we let them walk right down the field in one play.

The offense manages to undo their errors. The defense does not. You think our offense might look any better if the D could consistently get off the field in under 5 plays? Or played with a lead for a change?

If Tlaw doesn't commit either one of those turnovers, sure, yeah, the game MAY have been winnable. But then again, we can butterfly effect everything and then Love is the one with the chance to tie with a minute to go because he never hurts himself. You think our D is shutting him down? You think if a team NEEDS to find a way to eke out a few points against our D, they can't?

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