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Originally Posted by milkman
Generally, I read through the entire thread before responding, but I just have to stop here.
You are not wrong.
Losing a 28 point lead is a failure on the part of both the offense and the defense.
But is the failure on offense Smith's fault or Reid's?
I look at the playcalling, and while he didn't run the ball, he did become extremely conservative in the passing game, effectively playing not to lose, and in essense tying Smith's hands, who had made play after play, after play to build that lead.
Smith should have won this game.
Reid and the defense lost it.
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Losing Charles, Davis and Avery probably had little impact on the offense's ability to score.
Not to say that the rest of what you said isn't true...but scoring and play calling don't live in a vacuum.