Wheels Not Falling Off Thread

[Panama]

Yes. Big issue was bad angles on the flats and bad open field tackling.

Exactly. NT wasn't the problem, not by a long stretch.

[oneinchpunch]

When the NT was on the field, he played well today.

They were OK. But I'm talking about a guy that can free up the ILBs to make plays. The Bolts don't have that guy and they suffer for it

[Geezbolt]

We'll need Flowers and Verette, badly.

Flowers sustained a concussion and with the required protocol there's a good chance he won't be available. Hopefully Verette's shoulder will allow him to go.

[Geezbolt]

Oh, and on the positive side, this defense has potential to be really good when/if completely healthy.

[blahblahblah]

They were OK. But I'm talking about a guy that can free up the ILBs to make plays. The Bolts don't have that guy and they suffer for it

Or free them up to completely whiff.

[Beerman]

We converted 3 of 10 first downs. That's more of a reason as to why we lost today.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

OIP is nothing if not consistent. But he's right.

Strike that. Reverse it!

OIP is nothing if not right. But he's consistent.

[TTK]

We converted 3 of 10 first downs. That's more of a reason as to why we lost today.

Are teams starting to take away a lot of the short passing game or is it a shift in the gameplan? Seems like since the Raider game, Rivers has been throwing down the field much more.

[TABF]

1. Rivers was off (high and wide) - Fixable
2. Suspect game plan and in game adjustments - Fixable.
3. Crap Ass Tackling - Fixable
4. STUPID Penalties - Fixable
5. An already injured team got further banged up - Concern.

We played arguably the best one-two RB combo in the league. They commited to what they do best and wore us down. Denver isn't a must win game by any stretch! I still have us as a five/six loss team & making the playoffs!

[Beerman]

The penalties in particular were bad. All of them were pretty much game changing. The "face mask" was bad by the refs, the hit in the back gave the Chiefs 3 points, the penalty by Marshall on the holding. All those extended drives at the worst possible times. Really shot ourselves in the foot multiple times.

[QSmokey]

This team SHOULD be 7-4 after 11 games. All they have to do is take care of business and beat the teams they should beat. The challenge after that will be to win 3 of their final 5. However...those 5 games are Baltimore (away), San Francisco (away), KC (away), Patriots (Home), and Denver (Home).

Not a cream puff to be found. But, good teams beat good teams. You get fat on the bottom feeders, but you gotta at least split against the playoff-caliber teams on the schedule.

[floydefisher]

I'm just going to say what I said at the start of this season.

This team is a work in progress. It started last year, and it's going to take until next season for things to really gel and take off.

Don't get too uptight on the niggling details, just sit, be patient, and the rewards will come.

Trust me, they got the right people in place to make this go finally, and your patience will be rewarded.