Quote:Boiling point meaning what? Starting threads about Bortles on an anonymous message board? That'll show em'.

 

Letting things you can't control get the best of you works every time.

 

I was disappointed we lost just like anyone else.  I'm disappointed it's been a long road for the team.  But I'll be damned if I let that defeat me or control me and dictate my reaction.

 

Life goes on.  It's just a game, and I just watch.

 

My circumstances have caused me to not be able to attend as many games as I like, or even watch as many games "real time" anymore.  As a result, I watch games on the DVR (the skip button is fantastic - from tackle to next snap in the push of a button.)  I truly believe you "see" a much different game when you watch out of context.  It removes the emotion/anticipation from the process and you focus on the play.

 

I saw two teams trying to give the game to the other, it tipped Carolina and the pick sealed it.  In the perspective of the Vikings/49ers game, if we clean up our mistakes (and yes, most did look fixable) then I feel we can hang with most teams in the league.  The Vikings have a very talented roster and were awful against a defense that played well.  On the other side, the defense and running game carried the 49ers.  Save for Blake's missed read on the pick 6, Kaepernick and Newton played the position worse than Bortles yet their teams still won.  Both missed plays, and both tend to hold the ball too long and laser fire late passes into risky places.

 

Biggest issue I saw was that Bortles had trouble settling into a rhythm.  So if that's the "biggest issue" then no, I'm not worried that it will continue.  Not that I'm a worrier anyway...

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