Does Letting DA Go Make THIS Much Difference Or Was It Also a Function of

Even with the injuries, we should have beaten Philly and Atlanta earlier in the year, but the team caved at the last minute in each game, a la DA style. Now, the team is finishing games, and Rizzi says he's put an emphasis on finishing practices strong, so I think this is a key coaching factor underlying our two recent victories. I simply don't believe we would have beaten Atlanta in the second game with them after AK dropped the easy touchdown late in the 4th quarter. Under DA, the defense would have collapsed at the very end and the team would have seized defeat from the jaws of victory.

Now, the team still has problems that aren't going away soon, such as lack of a pass rush, a thin WR corps, and a thin RB corps. And Taysom absolutely needs to stay healthy for this run to continue. This is not a dominant team by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a good team that started to tank under Allen and that has been brought back to life by Rizzi.