Mark Anderson
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Time blurred, and before he knew it, he was on the field, shrugging off tacklers, escaping pockets and listening to Kevin O’Connell map out plays in his ear. Through the crackling microphones, O’Connell described how Dobbs needed to drop back, where the primary reads were going to be, which routes would be happening on the left and which routes receivers would be running on the right. In fact, Dobbs said, the coach was using language that Dobbs had become accustomed to in previous systems to translate into what was necessary Sunday.
This is huge. I can't imagine having a better coach to guide an emergency QB through a game. Zimmer would be like "I don't know, just hand off a lot. Do some QB stuff and don't bother me"
They literally did this for each play and not once do I remember feeling panic that the clock was going to run out.
Says a ton...
Now that I think of it I was never thinking "HURRY UP!" because it seemed like they were moving with pace. Very nice to see.
Right?
And not one wasted time out or penalty for procedure.
Yesterday you mentioned the term "stray voltage" re Cousins. It's so spot on but can't define it. Lost energy, a staleness... I don't know. Regardless, the team had a jolt of energy with Dobbs.
Not just the team but the fans too ... it created win euphoria for everybody without being tainted by pro or anti Cousins bickering.
That is so far below my spiritual plane.
Wait, are you saying there is a, gasp, consensus? Those are mighty tall words.
A brief fleeting nanosecond of unsoiled agreement.
Next week, let the soiling begin.
Next week is a freebie/playing with house money. Expectations are low yet we’ll happily take any good results.
What???
If we have JJ and Darrisaw back and Dobbs having a full week of practice, I expect a great game against a team that is also battling for a playoff spot.
We have won 4 in a row because we are a good team. Defense playing at a level we haven't seen since we beat NO in playoffs. OLine jelling. Unsung guys coming through.
I fully expect a raucous crowd expecting and getting a win.
I understand the optimism but I’m not there yet.
We still don’t know what we have with either Hall Dobbs. A long way from it.
Aside from beating some chumps, yes we beat the big bad SF wolf but clearly they are not playing their best.
That’s the playing the devil’s advocate side of it.
I definitely like where we are at compared to our first 4 games. Ingram / Bradbury and the defense, the usual suspects, have elevated their games.
We are in a good place … its very possible our coaches are a big step up from the Card’s Gannon and Petzing who I know absolutely nothing about.
We are trending up, thats for dam sure. Which is fun.
Just not ready to say by how much. I know nobody is predicting greatness etc … but I still think we have a lot more to prove to be considered a good team (which in my book = a legitimate playoff contender.).
I'm not saying we are rolling into PHI, Dallas or SF in the playoffs and winning and going to SB.
I just think we have a young nucleus that is jelling and we can maybe get one win in playoffs and then work for better things next year.
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