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<blockquote data-quote="Magooch" data-source="post: 1080507" data-attributes="member: 17987"><p>Yep, I'd pretty much agree with that assessment. </p><p>I don't need to win every game by 40 to be satisfied. But it feels like we often are given "openings" to create some distance...and for whatever reason don't seem to inclined to do so. </p><p></p><p>Of course I cannot bemoan the ultimate result too much. it was a deserved win for us and we were comprehensively the better team. </p><p>But that being said, lest we forget, we go into halftime up just 10-6. </p><p>We get the ball, and after a couple of chunk plays...we run out of shotgun on 1st and 10 for -1. Run out of shotgun on 2nd and 11 for -4. Then it's incomplete on 3rd and 15, and we're punting. </p><p>If not for a bizarre punt-muff-recovery (the kind that you would more likely expect out of our esteemed ST units lol), it's the Vikings ball and they're trailing by 4. </p><p></p><p>Now of course there's plenty of time left either way at that point. We did very little on offense after scoring from the 5 in that situation, but who's to say how we'd approach things had we not got the ball back in that situation? </p><p></p><p>And it's frustrating - speaking of doing little on offense after the punt/fumble/TD - as I mentioned in the game thread, it just got so predictable. Following that TD...we get to 3rd and 1 and run it out of shotgun to Wilson. -2 yards, end up punting. Next drive? 3rd and 3 from the 11. Run it out of shotgun to Wilson, -1 yards and take a field goal. And the next drive? Stop me if you've heard this one before. 3rd and short from the 22. Run it to Wilson, 1 yard, take the field goal. Much like the 4th down call against the Eagles, it felt like everyone in the stadium knew exactly what call was coming and reacted accordingly. Two field goals isn't the end of the world, but it felt very much like we were playing FOR the field goal at that point and that we valued 3 points and shaving a few more seconds off the clock over pushing for 6. </p><p></p><p>I get the whole playing-it-safe for health, saving the players for Thursday, not showing much, etc angle of it. That would kind of make sense to me, except it feels like this has been a running theme all year. First and second down, we're playing for third down. Third down within field goal range, we're playing for the field goal (which is all the more confusing given our topsy-turvy kicking situation). None of these are MAJOR issues and to some extent there is still "time" but they're also things that I'd rather see sorted out sooner than later. And I've just got a hard time with the idea that LaFleur is just playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing checkers to manage his players, game situation, etc lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magooch, post: 1080507, member: 17987"] Yep, I'd pretty much agree with that assessment. I don't need to win every game by 40 to be satisfied. But it feels like we often are given "openings" to create some distance...and for whatever reason don't seem to inclined to do so. Of course I cannot bemoan the ultimate result too much. it was a deserved win for us and we were comprehensively the better team. But that being said, lest we forget, we go into halftime up just 10-6. We get the ball, and after a couple of chunk plays...we run out of shotgun on 1st and 10 for -1. Run out of shotgun on 2nd and 11 for -4. Then it's incomplete on 3rd and 15, and we're punting. If not for a bizarre punt-muff-recovery (the kind that you would more likely expect out of our esteemed ST units lol), it's the Vikings ball and they're trailing by 4. Now of course there's plenty of time left either way at that point. We did very little on offense after scoring from the 5 in that situation, but who's to say how we'd approach things had we not got the ball back in that situation? And it's frustrating - speaking of doing little on offense after the punt/fumble/TD - as I mentioned in the game thread, it just got so predictable. Following that TD...we get to 3rd and 1 and run it out of shotgun to Wilson. -2 yards, end up punting. Next drive? 3rd and 3 from the 11. Run it out of shotgun to Wilson, -1 yards and take a field goal. And the next drive? Stop me if you've heard this one before. 3rd and short from the 22. Run it to Wilson, 1 yard, take the field goal. Much like the 4th down call against the Eagles, it felt like everyone in the stadium knew exactly what call was coming and reacted accordingly. Two field goals isn't the end of the world, but it felt very much like we were playing FOR the field goal at that point and that we valued 3 points and shaving a few more seconds off the clock over pushing for 6. I get the whole playing-it-safe for health, saving the players for Thursday, not showing much, etc angle of it. That would kind of make sense to me, except it feels like this has been a running theme all year. First and second down, we're playing for third down. Third down within field goal range, we're playing for the field goal (which is all the more confusing given our topsy-turvy kicking situation). None of these are MAJOR issues and to some extent there is still "time" but they're also things that I'd rather see sorted out sooner than later. And I've just got a hard time with the idea that LaFleur is just playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing checkers to manage his players, game situation, etc lol [/QUOTE]
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