Relax...........
I had "Mama said there's be days like this....there'd be days like this mama said" in my head the whole first half. What is the difference between a good team (which I am still convinced we have) and a great team (what I am thoroughly convinced we don't have yet) well we saw it today.
The turnovers and penalties were dumb mistakes on a bad day...that can happen to any team. The whole offense had a BAD day. I hated watching it (and I watched every minute out of masichism - my wife says) but the more distressing thing than a bad offensive day was the horrible play of our defense. We REALLY missed Harper today and I think we solidified what our biggest need is going to be in the offeseason. We need DB'S! Corners, big strong young stud cover corners that will hit these recievers in the mouth. I love MM but he can't cover both sides and FT is getting old (despite his inspired play lately.) Our run D was pretty stout early but our secondary got esxposed.
Anyway, I believe Payton will get them collected and we still have a div champ team here and I never would have believed that in August. I am still excited about this team and coaching staff....we will have an early exit in the playoffs and the D is still the big weakness of this team. Even with the rough outing by the O today. When you score 22 against a D like the ravens you still should win.
Hey at least we play tampa next week. I still have faith...but we came back to earth a bit today.
Peace+
Nebo