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Agree with the poster who said turnovers killed us in week 3, too. If we don't turn it over 3 times (Brees had another ill-advised desperation shovel pass picked off in that game, too...Ivory fumbled in Falcons territory), we don't even go to OT. We committed 4 turnovers vs. Arizona - 2 were returned for TDs and 1 (the pick that Betts let bounce off his hands), gave the Cards the ball inside our 5 and they ended up scoring a TD. No turnovers in that game, The Cards don't score a single TD. Against CLE, Brees throws 4 picks, including 2 pick sixes.
Even if our defense doesn't force as many as last year, we can't give away as many as we have this year (especially in our losses).
I do agree that the running game is important, too. Part of the reason the Falcons were able to blitz, blitz, blitz w/ very little repercussions is b/c for most of the game we had no running attack to keep them honest (Pierre got going a little bit at the very end, but for most of the game, it seemed like we were mostly held to 1 and 2 yd rushes).
Even if our defense doesn't force as many as last year, we can't give away as many as we have this year (especially in our losses).
I do agree that the running game is important, too. Part of the reason the Falcons were able to blitz, blitz, blitz w/ very little repercussions is b/c for most of the game we had no running attack to keep them honest (Pierre got going a little bit at the very end, but for most of the game, it seemed like we were mostly held to 1 and 2 yd rushes).