Impressions of Seattle Loss...

[Dogstar]

Look, first of all, I have to say that this was very disappointing, even more so than Washington. I keep thinking we should have at least 2 more wins than we do.

The Buffalo folks are all laughing, saying that this will happen all season and blaming it on Bledsoe. Yeah, he threw a crap pass and should have thrown it away. Personally, I couldn't understand why they were trying for the big play when they didn't have one all day. We should have ru out the clock and taken it into OT.

The Seahawks effectively shut down our passing game today.

They double teamed Glenn and swarmed the middle. Witten couldn't find the handle. And Price was not USED effectively. (That was a disappointment! He should have been going LONG!)

I kept wanting them to have Price go long, he is a speedster but I hardly saw him in on pass plays and don't even know if he was playing the last set of downs in the last drive we made.

Cortez and the kicking team have got to get in step. At least that's what Cortez is trying to say, I think he just is not very good. How do you miss a 29 yard CHIP SHOT???

I didn't think the running game was that bad today. We kept mixing it up and gaining yards to move the chains.

It's the defense that let us down AGAIN!

They fought like tigers all game long after that first drive down to the ten and then getting us the ball back, they were tough tough tough.

Is the coaching staff changing strategy for the 2 min. drills? Why are the long balls so successful against us in TWO MIN. DRILLS?

It's the ability to hold up in the end of the game and put it away that is missing. We should have scored a TD instead of a missed FG!

The Hawks had a good game plan for us but WE dominated all game long and rolled over in the 2 min drill. We have to change THAT!

 

[big_neil]

With the game tied Drew had to take a chance on that pass. How do you know the Cowboys would have even got the ball back again? They might have lost the coin toss. They played conservative enough all game. The bottom line is, he never should have had to make the pass to begin with because the defense should have held. The whole game plan was based on the fact the Cowboys had the lead. They should know by now that a 13 point lead is not safe. Drew put them in a position to win, and couldn't bail them out like last week.

 

[JDSmith]

I don't see how anyone could argue that the D let us down. Seattle was the highest or second highest scoring team in the NFL going into the game. They managed 10 pts on offense (I'm not even going to count that kick after the Int return as offense). Think about that for a minute. The Hawks came in scoring 28 pts per game, our D held them to 10 - the D didn't let ANYONE down.

 

[Martice]

With the game tied Drew had to take a chance on that pass. How do you know the Cowboys would have even got the ball back again? They might have lost the coin toss. They played conservative enough all game. The bottom line is, he never should have had to make the pass to begin with because the defense should have held. The whole game plan was based on the fact the Cowboys had the lead. They should know by now that a 13 point lead is not safe. Drew put them in a position to win, and couldn't bail them out like last week.

No matter how you spin it, the last thing you want to do is throw that pass. So let's see, you throw a low percentage pass with a few seconds left in the game because you don't want to risk losing a coing toss in overtime? The game suggested that the defense was our best bet to win the game. We had the ball inside the 10 yard line twice on offense and blew it! Based on our 'offensive' performance yesterday, even if we did win the coin toss, it was no lock that we would have done anything with the ball anyway.

The defense is what kept us in the game. The offense (Drew included) stunk up the joint all day. You blame the defense for not holding for two minutes of the game. Yeah the defense had another melt down but how could you try to make an excuse for Drew when he had a good amount of screw ups all day?

Face it, Drew had a bad game yesterday. Happy feet, patting the ball and has no idea on how to side step a rush.

Come on.

I don't see how anyone could argue that the D let us down. Seattle was the highest or second highest scoring team in the NFL going into the game. They managed 10 pts on offense (I'm not even going to count that kick after the Int return as offense). Think about that for a minute. The Hawks came in scoring 28 pts per game, our D held them to 10 - the D didn't let ANYONE down.

Well said.

 

[dbair1967]

I don't see how anyone could argue that the D let us down. Seattle was the highest or second highest scoring team in the NFL going into the game. They managed 10 pts on offense (I'm not even going to count that kick after the Int return as offense). Think about that for a minute. The Hawks came in scoring 28 pts per game, our D held them to 10 - the D didn't let ANYONE down.

yeah someone can spin it that way, but it doesnt replace the fact that once again with a chance to WIN the game, our defense crumbled...we did it against Wash and NY previously, and dran near did it vs Sab Diego on opening day too

this is an ok defense, but until the players and coaching staff figure out the late game garbage, it will never be great...great defenses dont let other teams waltz in for easy tds with the games on the line, and this defense does i basically every week

David

 

[Eddie]

They swarmed our WR's and our running game didn't come to play. They had no fear of our RB's and played a 7 man front. They controlled the LoS and though MB3 had decent yards, he wasn't able to make an impact when it mattered most.

That's the difference between JJ and the other RB's.

 

[Martice]

yeah someone can spin it that way, but it doesnt replace the fact that once again with a chance to WIN the game, our defense crumbled...we did it against Wash and NY previously, and dran near did it vs Sab Diego on opening day too

this is an ok defense, but until the players and coaching staff figure out the late game garbage, it will never be great...great defenses dont let other teams waltz in for easy tds with the games on the line, and this defense does i basically every week

David

The defense didn't need to be great yesterday for us to win the game. The offense only had to be OK in order to win the game yesterday. Our defense right now needs our offense to give them points when they are available.

The defense bailed the offense out all day. They created turnovers gave them the ball deep in Seattle's territory. The only thing they didn't do was score for the offense.

In short, yes, lets figure out what defensive problems we have in the last two minutes in games but for the most part yesterday, our 'O' was non existent for 58 minutes even when the ball was placed point blank range of the end zone.

 

[Martice]

They swarmed our WR's and our running game didn't come to play. They had no fear of our RB's and played a 7 man front. They controlled the LoS and though MB3 had decent yards, he wasn't able to make an impact when it mattered most.

That's the difference between JJ and the other RB's.

JJ wasn't making an impact this year and it was in the Philly game that he had his longest run this year. He finished with maybe 70ish yards for the game. However, TT had 70ish yards as well. MB had 95 yards this game while running hard, fast and with a lot of enthusiasim. I like what I saw from him. I am not saying I think he's better than JJ but I will say that I like him.... A lot!

Like I said in another thread (or was it this one?), people were blaming BP for JJ's woes this year and attributed poor play calling (lack of draw plays) for his ineffectiveness running this year.

 

[burmafrd]

There were a LOT more draw plays today- did you notice?
And this was the first game where the O line was really run blocking WELL. EXCEPT near the goal line.
JJ ate teams up last year with the DRAW. BUT when he was in this season, we hardly run it. THEN when he is not playing- we run more then we have all season.
SO YES I QUESTION THE PLAY CALLING.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Ummmm Cortez makes a 29yd kick and this conversation never takes place.

 

[alancdc]

I agree. How anyone could blame our D yesterday is crazy. They had one drive all day. I am disapointed in the outcome, but the positives I took from the game was that for the first time in the past 5 + years we can compete defensively every Sunday which will give us a chance to win Every Sunday. When was the last time a Cowboys team could say that, and it not be smoke and mirrors. Our DL is solid, and Roy is able to play close to the line again. Corners are playing great, and fact is we got beat by a very good football team on the road. No shame in that.

 

[morasp]

yeah someone can spin it that way, but it doesnt replace the fact that once again with a chance to WIN the game, our defense crumbled...we did it against Wash and NY previously, and dran near did it vs Sab Diego on opening day too

this is an ok defense, but until the players and coaching staff figure out the late game garbage, it will never be great...great defenses dont let other teams waltz in for easy tds with the games on the line, and this defense does i basically every week

David

The defense looked pretty good against the number one offense at the time Eagles when we actually did something on offense. That Pass interference call on Glen was contact that was going on the whole game on both sides but they decided to call it when the game was on the line. They reversed the call when witten almost got tackled in the end zone. Sometimes with all the money involved in an NFL game I wonder if there isn't a small bit of influence to alter the outcome of the games.

 

[StarMan2112]

Our "Offense" scored 10 points. That's not gonna cut it. The D played well enough to win but the O couldn't put the game away with numerous chances.

 

[tyke1doe]

It's a team game.
The defense did its job, but the offense didn't do theirs.
And while the defense was bailing the offense out all day, it finally broke and couldn't do the job.
So how can all the blame be placed on the defense?
The offense has got to take advantage of the field position. You can't just have your defense making stop after stop and getting turnovers and not cash in.

Bledsoe made a stupid throw. You shouldn't be throwing a sideline pattern with seconds left because that's where the defenders are going to be. They'll leave the middle of the field wide open. But he took the blame, unless Jose "It was your fault" Cortez.

You've got to make a 29 yard field goal. You just gotta.

 

[dbair1967]

. Sometimes with all the money involved in an NFL game I wonder if there isn't a small bit of influence to alter the outcome of the games.

I've wondered that myself too

and since I think Tagliabue is an utter boob, I wouldnt be surprised if he had some bad apples among the officials..you'd hope that wouldnt be happening but with some of the mind boggling calls and non calls you see on a weekly basis (and this is league wide) you have to wonder about it at some point

David