He has never posted.casmith07;3009641 said:yeah whoever it is probably just reads from time to time...they wouldn't post I would imagine. If they did the board would explode.
and whoever it is, if you want to come over some time, hang out, let me know
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Better replay than my original post. Thanks.RainMan;3010118 said:Hos, good post, my friend. A few thoughts to contribute:
1) Like you, I don't like apologizing for wins or agonizing over missed opportunities. Look, wins are precious for us fans. Who knows how many we'll have? I'm not about to be miserable after we won a darn game in dramatic fashion.
2) Yeah, yeah. We played ugly. We have done so for all but about six quarters this season (the last two against Tampa; the last two against Carolina and the first one against Denver). But my philosophy on regular season NFL football is this: Style points early aren't significant. What matters is that you position yourself with a quality enough record going into the latter part of the season that you're still relevant; that you remain relatively injury free (a la not losing a guy like Romo today); and that you gradually make progress, but especially so late.
I realize in today's instant-gratification, message-board society that we just absolutely MUST look perfect at all times or else hell must be paid. Sorry, folks. No one will remember a month from now the score of today's game (nor will they remember the score of the slim Giants loss).
3) Which brings me to my final point. This team has some undoubtedly critical flaws that MUST be fixed. But what I'm seeing is that our flaws are fixable -- assuming, of course, Wade and company can direct us in the right direction, which remains the biggest question.
We're a capable but sloppy team. Bottom line. We have the ammo to move down the field and to stop teams, but we hurt ourselves with silly penalties, dropped passes, missed field goals, missed tackles.
The good news? A fumbled snap, a dropped punt, a hold, a missed field goal, a dropped TD -- none of it -- are really caused by a lack of ability. Stuff like that can be overcome. It's like an unforced error in tennis. We're not getting abused by anyone. It's something that can be corrected if we're mentally sharp enough to do so.
But we don't have a critical flaw -- like no running game, no QB, no pass defense -- that will inherently haunt us from competing late in the season (of course, Wade could be considered an inherent flaw
So all in all, yes, a sloppy game. But I'm cautiously optimistic that the pieces are in place that, should the team be focused going down the stretch run, we can put together a sequence of games that nicely positions us for the playoffs.
RainMan;3010118 said:Hos, good post, my friend. A few thoughts to contribute:
1) Like you, I don't like apologizing for wins or agonizing over missed opportunities. Look, wins are precious for us fans. Who knows how many we'll have? I'm not about to be miserable after we won a darn game in dramatic fashion.
2) Yeah, yeah. We played ugly. We have done so for all but about six quarters this season (the last two against Tampa; the last two against Carolina and the first one against Denver). But my philosophy on regular season NFL football is this: Style points early aren't significant. What matters is that you position yourself with a quality enough record going into the latter part of the season that you're still relevant; that you remain relatively injury free (a la not losing a guy like Romo today); and that you gradually make progress, but especially so late.
I realize in today's instant-gratification, message-board society that we just absolutely MUST look perfect at all times or else hell must be paid. Sorry, folks. No one will remember a month from now the score of today's game (nor will they remember the score of the slim Giants loss).
3) Which brings me to my final point. This team has some undoubtedly critical flaws that MUST be fixed. But what I'm seeing is that our flaws are fixable -- assuming, of course, Wade and company can direct us in the right direction, which remains the biggest question.
We're a capable but sloppy team. Bottom line. We have the ammo to move down the field and to stop teams, but we hurt ourselves with silly penalties, dropped passes, missed field goals, missed tackles.
The good news? A fumbled snap, a dropped punt, a hold, a missed field goal, a dropped TD -- none of it -- are really caused by a lack of ability. Stuff like that can be overcome. It's like an unforced error in tennis. We're not getting abused by anyone. It's something that can be corrected if we're mentally sharp enough to do so.
But we don't have a critical flaw -- like no running game, no QB, no pass defense -- that will inherently haunt us from competing late in the season (of course, Wade could be considered an inherent flaw
So all in all, yes, a sloppy game. But I'm cautiously optimistic that the pieces are in place that, should the team be focused going down the stretch run, we can put together a sequence of games that nicely positions us for the playoffs.
RainMan;3010118 said:Hos, good post, my friend. A few thoughts to contribute:
1) Like you, I don't like apologizing for wins or agonizing over missed opportunities. Look, wins are precious for us fans. Who knows how many we'll have? I'm not about to be miserable after we won a darn game in dramatic fashion.
2) Yeah, yeah. We played ugly. We have done so for all but about six quarters this season (the last two against Tampa; the last two against Carolina and the first one against Denver). But my philosophy on regular season NFL football is this: Style points early aren't significant. What matters is that you position yourself with a quality enough record going into the latter part of the season that you're still relevant; that you remain relatively injury free (a la not losing a guy like Romo today); and that you gradually make progress, but especially so late.
I realize in today's instant-gratification, message-board society that we just absolutely MUST look perfect at all times or else hell must be paid. Sorry, folks. No one will remember a month from now the score of today's game (nor will they remember the score of the slim Giants loss).
3) Which brings me to my final point. This team has some undoubtedly critical flaws that MUST be fixed. But what I'm seeing is that our flaws are fixable -- assuming, of course, Wade and company can direct us in the right direction, which remains the biggest question.
We're a capable but sloppy team. Bottom line. We have the ammo to move down the field and to stop teams, but we hurt ourselves with silly penalties, dropped passes, missed field goals, missed tackles.
The good news? A fumbled snap, a dropped punt, a hold, a missed field goal, a dropped TD -- none of it -- are really caused by a lack of ability. Stuff like that can be overcome. It's like an unforced error in tennis. We're not getting abused by anyone. It's something that can be corrected if we're mentally sharp enough to do so.
But we don't have a critical flaw -- like no running game, no QB, no pass defense -- that will inherently haunt us from competing late in the season (of course, Wade could be considered an inherent flaw
So all in all, yes, a sloppy game. But I'm cautiously optimistic that the pieces are in place that, should the team be focused going down the stretch run, we can put together a sequence of games that nicely positions us for the playoffs.
