Quote:I am not overreacting to this loss like most folks are. I was excited in the 1st half. As most people should be. But, I knew that offensively, how Kelly runs his offense. You shouldn't have gotten your hopes up too much with a young football team out there like ours. I think it's evident that we need to improve in the running game. 25 carries for 61 yards with Gearhart was tough, I couldn't stand listening to 1010XL this morning. They just trashed this entire team. Not one time did Jeff or Spencer bring up the fact that Gearhart may have tweeked his knee in the 1st half which may have impacted his abiility in the 2nd. Not one time did they mention that not only did Cyprien go out early with an apparent head injury, but also, Evans, his back-up, also went out, and it was probably Pronsinski, your 3rd string SS, that gave up that huge coverage meltdown which allowed Maclin to get free. The other dissapointing thing to see was Sproles getting away with murder on 4th and 1 in the no huddle with the middle of the field wide-open. The staff has to be faster than that to react and save the momentum with a timeout.

 

Other than that. Relax. It's week one. Nobody had us pegged to win that game. I didn't. The Eagles are expected to be great this year. And they showed why in just one half of football. Look to the next game folks....

 

 

This is a very level-headed post and I agree 100%. Jeff P destroyed the coaching staff and the team like we didnt compete. Now the second half was bismol yes but I take the positive from the negative. The first quarter was surprising enough.

 

 

Did anyone mention we had 5 sacks? When was the last time we had 5 sacks in one game?

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