Texanmike02
09-24-2007, 02:36 AM
Ok. I know. Board pessamist checking in.
Haven't had time to read the posts. Only have a few minutes before I have to start studying again. I did find a sportsbar here and was able to watch the game.
One thing that strikes me as different this year is our ability to survive stretches of bad play. I know we lost. I know we made mistakes. But they didn't snowball. Last year's game wasn't that different from this one. We made a few mistakes early. (the game in Indy not our W) This time around we made some mistakes. I said many times that I felt the main problem we had with Carr was he was shell shocked. When things started to go badly for this team in the past, the wheels fell off. It seemed to get better as the season wore on but it was still an issue. This year, Schaub throws a bad luck INT and then a bad pass (I only saw the replay 3 times, but it looked to be the right read just he just needed to get the ball over Bracket) but we didn't fall apart. We are starting to overcome our mistakes. That's a HUGE step forward for this team. Yeah it was dissapointing to lose. Yeah we had mental lapses. Yeah we challenged a play we had no business challenging. But we are starting to overcome them. Here's my short list of positives and negatives.
Positives:
This team is starting to show some intestinal fortitude.
Davis made an awsome catch on the sideline.
The defense is getting beat on plays not schemes. We have now narrowed down most of our problems to correctable individual plays. We may not have all of the talent we need *cough cough cornerback cough* *sneeze safety* but we have a legitimate scheme in place.
Schaub seems to be mentally tougher than Carr was.
Even w/o Green and Johnson we put up a fight.
Schaub will learn from his mistakes.
Killings is going to be ok it sounds like.
Negatives:
HEY SCHAUB!!! When the play starts with 19 seconds left in the game.. you CANNOT take a sack.
Faggins is going to be a liaibility if we depend on him to cover anything better than a 3rd receiver.
Green - I was lambasted by some for questioning his durability. I think I was right in assuming he wouldn't play a full season. Lets just hope he gets back in the game next week.
Who in the world said to challenge that play? If we have that time out we get the ball back with over a minute to operate.
Johnson - Is it just me or does he get banged up alot? Don't have time to research it but the question begs to be asked IMHO.
On that last drive... where was the sense of urgency? I don't think we snapped the ball with more than 6 seconds left on the playclock once. Guys wern't running to the line they were meandering.
Overall this game was a positive for me. We are farther along in this process than I thought we would be. I may have to up my win total up to 10 games. Wow, am I talking playoffs? I'm not sure I'm ready for all of that. Lets keep in mind when we go into next week, this is the first time this team has dealt with a loss in its last 5 outings. I do expect us to manhandle the Falcons though. At least I'll get to watch it next week.
Mike
Haven't had time to read the posts. Only have a few minutes before I have to start studying again. I did find a sportsbar here and was able to watch the game.
One thing that strikes me as different this year is our ability to survive stretches of bad play. I know we lost. I know we made mistakes. But they didn't snowball. Last year's game wasn't that different from this one. We made a few mistakes early. (the game in Indy not our W) This time around we made some mistakes. I said many times that I felt the main problem we had with Carr was he was shell shocked. When things started to go badly for this team in the past, the wheels fell off. It seemed to get better as the season wore on but it was still an issue. This year, Schaub throws a bad luck INT and then a bad pass (I only saw the replay 3 times, but it looked to be the right read just he just needed to get the ball over Bracket) but we didn't fall apart. We are starting to overcome our mistakes. That's a HUGE step forward for this team. Yeah it was dissapointing to lose. Yeah we had mental lapses. Yeah we challenged a play we had no business challenging. But we are starting to overcome them. Here's my short list of positives and negatives.
Positives:
This team is starting to show some intestinal fortitude.
Davis made an awsome catch on the sideline.
The defense is getting beat on plays not schemes. We have now narrowed down most of our problems to correctable individual plays. We may not have all of the talent we need *cough cough cornerback cough* *sneeze safety* but we have a legitimate scheme in place.
Schaub seems to be mentally tougher than Carr was.
Even w/o Green and Johnson we put up a fight.
Schaub will learn from his mistakes.
Killings is going to be ok it sounds like.
Negatives:
HEY SCHAUB!!! When the play starts with 19 seconds left in the game.. you CANNOT take a sack.
Faggins is going to be a liaibility if we depend on him to cover anything better than a 3rd receiver.
Green - I was lambasted by some for questioning his durability. I think I was right in assuming he wouldn't play a full season. Lets just hope he gets back in the game next week.
Who in the world said to challenge that play? If we have that time out we get the ball back with over a minute to operate.
Johnson - Is it just me or does he get banged up alot? Don't have time to research it but the question begs to be asked IMHO.
On that last drive... where was the sense of urgency? I don't think we snapped the ball with more than 6 seconds left on the playclock once. Guys wern't running to the line they were meandering.
Overall this game was a positive for me. We are farther along in this process than I thought we would be. I may have to up my win total up to 10 games. Wow, am I talking playoffs? I'm not sure I'm ready for all of that. Lets keep in mind when we go into next week, this is the first time this team has dealt with a loss in its last 5 outings. I do expect us to manhandle the Falcons though. At least I'll get to watch it next week.
Mike