Tom Sykes
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Get a win next week and everyone forgets what happened yesterday. The most important season starts today. One win at a time.
Did we shit the bed? Yes. Was it a winnable game? Yes.
What we also did was provide a formula for stopping our offense. O'Connell better start figuring it out quickly or it will be an early exit. The players are not changing at this point. The offensive line is miserable. By the way, so is Kansas City's. Darnold has been sacked 48 times and it could have been 68. Yet, he still has the #6 passer rating. The problem is, we are now playing good football teams. Those defensive coordinators are smart and have good players. O'Connell has to be better and for god's sake, make adjustments.
On a side note, can we please put the ridiculous kickoff rules out to pasture? It's just stupid. I don't know who thought that new formula was going to be interesting, but they need to find a new profession.
If that had been Cousins you would have been leading the mob with pitchforks and torches.
Since you've been touting Darnold all season, it's no surprise where your argument has gone.
Yes KOC called a really poor game ... waited forever for Darnold to settle in - which he never did - instead of adjusting his play calls. Glenn zeroed in on Darnold's main weakness, holding onto the ball too long to look downfield first, regardless of the pressure, even with people underneath open. This produced big results this year, was refreshing in the post-Cousins dink and dunk-era.
But that doesn't fly when playoff intensity ratchets up and windows get tighter ...
Good God their defense completely sold out and your QB and OC can't adjust from the opening to the closing whistle?
This was not a playoff game but it was.
Every time they showed Darnold's face - which they did often and for good reason, he clearly looked wild-eyed and panicky. Starting with the first drive.
The game/moment was too big for Darnold. Clearly.
In his defense, this is his first year as a true blue starter within an offense that works. All season long he has played very successfully getting away with taking his time waiting for routes to develop. Will be interesting to see if he can settle down this week and attack things differently. IMO he still has a lot of room for growth.
This will be KOC's second playoff rodeo in this position ... we need him angrier and less patient. More vindictive and cruel. Maybe getting punched by good buddy McVay earlier in the year will help him take the gloves off.
I'm really glad we have Flores, he does so much with so little ... but he doesn't get out with out a ding as well. As unsharp as we were, the Lions were not sharp [early] as well - but eventually they adjusted and played games with our defense in the second half. The mantra in here is about the miraculous job Flores does ... imagine what he would do with better players ... Glenn easily outcoached that notion with much less than Flores has to work with.
Unlike most playoff games, we get to play again. Even if the Rams are not as good as the Lions, they're no slouch.
Hoping for much much better.
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