Trekgeekscott
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Now that Ive had time to decompress after that debacle Here are my thoughts. Cousins was not the problem. Our defense was. Jones wasn't special. Our defense was terrible. They generated NO pressure. Any QB given the time he was given could pick our defense apart. They showed it all year long with mediocre QB after Mediocre QB had their best game of the year against us. We made the likes of Jones (twice), Goff (Twice), Fields, Dalton, White, Heinecke, Thompson, Look like world beaters. Hell we made Pederman and Boyle look competant. Who knows how things turn out with a better defense. The Fourth and 8 play brings me back nostalgically to the Zimmer era when we frequently would throw way short of the sticks when we need a lot of yardage. It was dumbfuckery at its finest. Season on the line and they thow an three yard dump pass when they needed 8 yeards to a receiver running sideways, not forward so he would have a chance with his momentum to actually get there. JJ did the best he could. TJ was awesome. We were in the game until the fourth quarter. The defense couldn't get off the field. The Giants didn't even have a THIRD down until the second Qtr. We only made the Giants punt TWICE. and the first was in the third Qtr (and Reagor nearly gave the ball to the Giants on that one, Kris Boyd saved us there). Jones and Barkley ran all over us. the middle of the field (just like all season long) was wide open for them. some people want to make excuses for Ed Donatell. Not me. They did NOTHING to fix the problems they had on D all year. They made no adjustments... Everybody moved on us. They say we have the wrong personnell for this defense...then the DC needs to make it work. He didn't. If you want to run a 3-4, have our OC call his Dad and ask him to run it... I am not surprised our season ended in the first round. I am glad it wasn't as embarassing as some of the other losses like 41-0, 12 men in the huddle, Taking a knee etc.. but I was disapppointed nonetheless. That game was very winnable and we would have if our defense just existed.
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