The last two weeks?
For me personally I had to just walk away from all the media and anticipation for upcoming games.
There is no way I could ever have seen winning the first three games in the fashion we did and then
laying a turd in the bed two weeks in a row in the fashion we did. It defies logic quite honestly
and at this point I;m just numb and unattached comparatively to how I was after going 3-0.
The ups and downs are too much take with this team. Just when you think they have one side of the ball figured out something happens on the other side that leaves you scratching your head. It wouldn't be so bad if it hasn't been 20 plus years of horrible luck, but now it's bordering on insanity.
I'm just wondering who else has gone a bit numb? It's kind of like self protection/preservation is kicking in.. Thanks Jerrah..
If you kept things in perspective you would be perfectly fine. Some of is tried to warn people not to get too caught up in the hype after beating the teams we did. Personally, I found it more off putting to come on here and see multiple threads of how Kellen Moore was a genius, our offense was unstoppable, don’t even get me started on Zeke, Dak was the leagues next MVP, etc.
I get enjoying the win but does anyone stop and think of who we played? Getting giddy over beating Miami when we struggled against them in the first half while Baltimore hung 42 on them in the first half alone the week or two before? We have played 3 teams with a combined record of 2-12, this week will make 3 teams we’ve played with zero wins. Sorry, I was happy about the wins but numb because I expected to wins those by very large margins.
Moving forwards...I thought we had a decent chance at beating the Saints with TB but he’s also undefeated against good teams so there’s that. Losing by two points due to self inflicted and uncharacteristic mistakes was not a bad loss. It showed me we can hang with anyone, we just need to minimize the mistakes. Zeke fumbling I get, he was one short of leading the league last year, but that was like Wittens 8th fumble of all time if I heard it correctly. That game was very winnable.
Green Bay...ugly first half but some freak plays. The bounce of Coopers hands turned into points for GB if I remember correctly and it would have been a TD for us, he was that open. Once we got behind by 14 we abandoned the game plan, running the ball, a little too early IMO but we showed in the second half how lethal we can be. The run defense is a bit concerning but I’m not ready to throw in the towel on that yet. New Orleans was ranked 20th against the run and shut Zeke down, does that mean our running game will suck against any run defense ranked higher than 20? No.
There were some good and bad coaching errors but a lot of the blame should have gone to the players. Most people had us losing to the Saints and a toss up against Green Bay if not an outright loss. This wasn’t unexpected, slightly disappointing but not a shocker.
On to the Jets...snoozers. I just hope people don't go back to over reacting after we whoop them, which we will. I can already see the title of the threads now “Zeke starting to pick up the pace” “defense came out pissed off” “Dak looked much better” “we had a much better game plan” “Dlaw finally earning his money”. The Jets suck, as much as people like to try and hype them up because they have Darnold back, they’re still missing some of their best players and their O line is the worst in the league.
Keep things in perspective and you won’t have this bi polar type football mood swings. GL, I know it’s not easy, I’ve been there before. Remember we started last year 3-5.
Ooooooor...stop creating threads like these and stop coming to the Zone after a loss because it’s depressing as hell, complete over reaction and lots of tears and whining.
