I know Grammatica is gonna get the blame for the loss, but going back to the Commanders game, I think this loss falls on Payton. In the Commanders game, we had a 3rd and one situation that we tried to run on late in the game, couldn't convert, Skins get the ball back and win. In this game, we have a 1st and goal from the one, we run 4 straight times, can't get in, yet we are throwing the ball all over Denver. So here we go again, important 3rd and 1, we are in FG range, 500 yards of offense, 90% of it throwing, and what does Payton do? He runs again, we get stopped, the FG is missed, ballgame. Ever since that Tampa game last year where he gambled on the reverse late in the game, the ball was fumbled due to a bad decision by Reggie and the Bucs win, Sean has been uber conservative in these situations, and it has now cost us two games. Yeah, we have plenty of heavy contributors injured, but we still could have won both of those games if not for these foolish 3rd and one give up attempts. And why have Deuce active if you won't use him? Two losses fall directly on Sean's play calls IMO.
