I agree that drops, fumbles, and bad throws killed us however had Philbin been here all week maybe could have opened the door for more chances at big plays and a better understanding of what was being done on offense. Still not going to even think about blaming Philbin.
That's true.... Philbin must have been paid all year to DO SOMETHING during the game-prep weeks.
I heard from the JSonline and GBpressgazette guys that his forte was the preparation of the offense and game plan during the week, crunching film of the opposing defenses and developing plays and schemes against it.
He had to do something to be getting paid......
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Kid was a problem for years, and now he impacted the team in some way, and us fans in some way. Never can tell how much missing Joe mattered, but the playcalls were not normal in that first half.... Rodgers and Jennings not on the same page early which would have been a TD and 7-3 lead.
Lang missed Osi on the inside move, allowing him in to tap the ball out of Rodgers hand right before he threw it to the wide open Jennings for a TD......
Everything went bad from the gameplan to the execution on all sides.
Not sure if the funeral affected the players mental toughness, sharpness.
Seeing real life death affects people and some more than others.