When men take their sons to the hunting camp, THE FIRST lesson is, "What happens at the camp stays at the camp."
Good: Manny Diaz holding his pecker because that is all he has left. Bad: pass protection overall needs to improve. Ugly: injuries to Chaisson and Magee.
I did a quick search and it looks like you're kinda right. @dachsie What the hell? Of what site do you speak?
Its not the margin of victory; its the effects of dialing back the intensity. You may not have the devastating effect of a turnover, but when you stop attacking, you let the opponent think the reason they're suddenly forcing 3 and outs is because they're playing better. I made the Saints comparison because it happened so often in that era...they would dominate an opponent for 2 and a half quarters then blow the game in the end. Why? Because they gave away the momentum by stopping the attack. And it was setting up to happen last night. Admit it...when they cut the lead to 16 and we gave them the ball back with about 6 minutes left, you were getting nervous, weren't you? It may not have had the immediate impact of a turnover, but they had the momentum and the time remaining to get it done.
Yahoo (good)- We have a kicker; special teams look good; game management and game plan worked; D seems to be as good as advertised; stupid penalties show large improvement; ready to play; Joe B looked good at QB - nice poise, under control, good check downs, good arm, knows when to throw it away. Reminds me a little of Flynn, heady, in control and won't be the reason a lot of games are lost. We may have found our #1 running back. Needs improvement (not really that bad) - O Line needs to gel a little more, they looked good at times. Secondary getting beat some deep and out. Like to see some more short passes on first down. 5-7 yard slant, play action to tight end type of things. Fix it now (ugly)- 3/16 on third down will not feed the baby after next week. Some due to conservative play calling in 2nd half but.... Receivers need to learn to catch the ball better, too many drops. Verdict - Optimistic where previously scared to death- we looked good (finally) GEAUX TIGERS!
Bad: those 2 consecutive pass interference penalties on Kristian Fulton kept a Miami touhdow drive alive. Chalk it up to his not playing for 2 years but he has got to stop doing that.
You make a good point. I think this is one of those issues on which we will never definitively know the "right" answer. Play conservative and let the other team back in, and the wrong decision was made. Play more aggressive, give up a touchdown off an interception, and the wrong decision was made. My thought is, the defense is much more the known and established unit. Brand, spanking new quarterback, new offensive system, and an OL that struggled at times.All in all, I think I'd rather put it on my defense.Though I do admit, when it got to 16, I was looking at the clock.
