Game Challenge

[Alexander]

We are at this time of year when reality blurs.

Fans take sides. Negative and positive.

But rarely do people ever actually go back and watch the game.

You know, the thing that unfolded. The actual game.

What really is the real deal.

Not the emotional response. Not the homerism and excuse making for your favorite player. Not the anger against that one player you really just have never liked.

I finally found the courage to watch the Seattle game again.

And let me just say it was painful.

This thread should be only for those who have the game, and can watch it again.

And discuss.

And THEN, defend their positions.

There are several things that stuck out to me.

But I will reserve those for now.

Watch the Seattle game.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[Silverstar]

I think the pit of misery is calling you.

 

[Proximo]

Some of y'all truly are gluttons for punishment.

 

[xwalker]

We are at this time of year when reality blurs.

Fans take sides. Negative and positive.

But rarely do people ever actually go back and watch the game.

You know, the thing that unfolded. The actual game.

What really is the real deal.

Not the emotional response. Not the homerism and excuse making for your favorite player. Not the anger against that one player you really just have never liked.

I finally found the courage to watch the Seattle game again.

And let me just say it was painful.

This thread should be only for those who have the game, and can watch it again.

And discuss.

And THEN, defend their positions.

There are several things that stuck out to me.

But I will reserve those for now.

Watch the Seattle game.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

I've watched again both the broadcast and coaches film.

Most losses that I've rewatched I don't like some things they do in the offensive scheme and Dez irritates me in multiple ways.

I've liked the defense since they changed things starting with the 2nd Skins game (Awuzie starting, etc.).

I will say people might have made too big of an issue with the play calling on the botched 1st and goal at the two yard line. The penalty killed them on the sequence. I personally would have called a run on 1st down but I can see why they did the RPO.

 

[Alexander]

I've watched again both the broadcast and coaches film.

Most losses that I've rewatched I don't like some things they do in the offensive scheme and Dez irritates me in multiple ways.

I've liked the defense since they changed things starting with the 2nd Skins game (Awuzie starting, etc.).

I will say people might have made too big of an issue with the play calling on the botched 1st and goal at the two yard line. The penalty killed them on the sequence. I personally would have called a run on 1st down but I can see why they did the RPO.

I was talking about the Seattle game especially, but I screwed up the thread title. I am an imbecile.

Anyways, the offense was just disgusting against Seattle. There is no other way to put it.

Bryant was a complete and total mess. There are no excuses.

We went away from things that were working, it was just bad.

The defense did their job. It was not great or dominating, but a Marinelli defense never ever will be.

 

[Proximo]

Most losses that I've rewatched I don't like some things they do in the offensive scheme and Dez irritates me in multiple ways.

Ya don't say?

Surprised to hear that.

 

[Alexander]

Ya don't say?

Surprised to hear that.

This is how threads get sidetracked. Lay off that here.

I regret I fumbled the thread concept. But the idea is, watch the game again. Now, without the emotion after the fact. And then try to describe what you see.

You are a smart enough guy Proximo.

Try it.

I know I have a thing towards a player or two and I watch and say, hold on. He might not suck.

 

[guag]

The defense did their job. It was not great or dominating, but a Marinelli defense never ever will be.

Curious about your opinion on how far we'd have gone last year if we had this year's defense.

 

[Alexander]

Curious about your opinion on how far we'd have gone last year if we had this year's defense.

You can't relate it that way.

Teams counter-balance themselves. Last year, it was clear the offense had to carry the load and they did. And they were too young to understand what they were doing.

This year, it was pretty clear the defense flopped around the first quarter of the season. It was bad. Then they found themselves and actually stepped up at the very end of the year because they felt they had to. I think the youth movement on defense was a lot like the 2016 for the offense. I liked what happened later on with the rookies.

 

[guag]

You can't relate it that way.

Teams counter-balance themselves. Last year, it was clear the offense had to carry the load and they did. And they were too young to understand what they were doing.

This year, it was pretty clear the defense flopped around the first quarter of the season. It was bad. Then they found themselves and actually stepped up at the very end of the year because they felt they had to. I think the youth movement on defense was a lot like the 2016 for the offense. I liked what happened later on with the rookies.

I get what you're saying - basically nothing happens in a vacuum regarding different units of a team.

 

[Asklesko]

I watched some gifs of Dak's bad plays. They were really bad. I don't know how you can have confidence in the guy.

 

[Alexander]

I watched some gifs of Dak's bad plays. They were really bad. I don't know how you can have confidence in the guy.

Gifs don't do it justice. That is a micro way of looking at things.

They work when looking at things like line play.

As far as the rest, the situation matters too.

I am not making excuses for him, but there were spots where he made the right decision and he was let down.

{cough, Bryant, cough}

 

[Alexander]

I get what you're saying - basically nothing happens in a vacuum regarding different units of a team.

All teams do that. The offense carries them one week, the defense the next, etc.

The thing is, with this game especially, the offense should have done their job.

They didn't.

And that is cause for concern. We are so used to cursing out the defense.

The offense has never been clicking all season. Not to the level they were doing at times in 2016.

 

[Asklesko]

Gifs don't do it justice.

True true. I was being a bit facetious.

 

[Alexander]

True true. I was being a bit facetious.

You are forgiven.

 

[pitt33]

I watched the Seattle game the next day. The 2nd half in particular. I wanted to review what went wrong...with so much on the line.

What I saw was typical of the second half of so many games this year. Teams making the right moves and adjustments and our team going in the complete opposite direction. But this contest was magnified by the offensive side being out coached not only by our opponent, but by our own play callers. And yes, Dez is a mental midget and much of the blame for that defeat lays with him.

I can’t believe Garrett can stand up at the podium and say halftime adjustments don’t really take place. That may be the case in Dallas but that is a bunch of crap when it comes to other teams. Just ask the Rams, and Philly, and all the other teams in which we squandered a first half lead to them.

 

[Rockport]

We are at this time of year when reality blurs.

Fans take sides. Negative and positive.

But rarely do people ever actually go back and watch the game.

You know, the thing that unfolded. The actual game.

What really is the real deal.

Not the emotional response. Not the homerism and excuse making for your favorite player. Not the anger against that one player you really just have never liked.

I finally found the courage to watch the Seattle game again.

And let me just say it was painful.

This thread should be only for those who have the game, and can watch it again.

And discuss.

And THEN, defend their positions.

There are several things that stuck out to me.

But I will reserve those for now.

Watch the Seattle game.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Just more negativity. You really love it.

 

[Alexander]

Just more negativity. You really love it.

You couldn't watch a game and dissect it intellectually to save your life, so please, just butt out and find another thread to spew your worthless homer idiocy.

 

[Rockport]

You couldn't watch a game and dissect it intellectually to save your life, so please, just butt out and find another thread to spew your worthless homer idiocy.

I'd rather expose negative Nancy's like yourself.

 

[Rockport]

You couldn't watch a game and dissect it intellectually to save your life, so please, just butt out and find another thread to spew your worthless homer idiocy.

Plus you don't want to debate anything. You just want to hate on something anything.