Quote:I'm not saying we aren't bad, and that blowouts are acceptable. All I was getting at was that yes we have a bad team, but it IS getting better. That doesn't make blowouts acceptable, but a lot here act like nothing at all good happened yesterday. When a lot did. It's going to be a long season. I'd rather try to focus on the good. Not like us complaining will magically make the defense better.

I agree completely here.

 

The blown coverages that are leading to these blowout losses are NOT acceptable.

 

However, I'd say many of us saw the opening stretch of games where 3 of the first four were on the road, and we faced Foles, RG III, Luck and Rivers and knew that would be a tough stretch for the defense.

 

Even if the defense weren't blowing coverages, it would still have been a tough stretch for the defense.  It's possible those guys still would have put up good numbers and we would have lost regardless.

 

But the DL showed signs of life and did not quit.

 

The offense showed signs of competence, especially in the first half.

 

This game, the team had the look of one that is capable of putting up a good fight but can't quite respond to adversity yet.

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