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Originally Posted by EyePod
Smith was off, we were banged up.
Didn't take advantage of the two pick opportunities. Knile fumble really hurt our 2nd half momentum and didn't leg us play our field position game.
Patriots were better and luckier. Hard to overcome both.
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This is where i am. and i'll add the ref did help them on a few plays. But overall, I am very proud of Alex and the team!
Here are a few thoughts additional to your great post.
1) In the chat i kept saying, i dont understand why we are blitzing, we should be rushing 4 dropping 7. we did that a hand few of times, and it worked. However, the execution defensively wasn't there. We just seemed out of position.
2) the thing that irritated me the most was how tired the offense seemed on the last drives. the ENTIRE o-line and WRs were gasping for air. Did that contribute to the slowness?
3) This team and specifically the offense has come light years since the winning streak started. It will only get better next year. We get JC back, we get Conley (who looked awesome the last few weeks) with another year of learning the playbook. I imagine we will either sign a WR or draft one early as has been discussed ad nausium.
4) Defensively, there are decisions to be made. I think Howard is gone, and i think we try to keep Sean Smith and Berry. Ford really took some big steps forward, so do we bring Tamba back? I love Derek Johnson, but he was exposed big time in pass coverage today. If he can be brought back cheap, i'd love him.
5) ST this year were special. Not always in a good way. Colquitt needs to be restructured or released, we need a return man for KOs not named Knile Davis who won't be with us. Our coverage at times let up a ton of return yards, and it seemed like there was a holding or block in back call every punt return. Brazilian Midget was nails.
Thank you Andy Reid and Alex Smith for a great season, and i can't wait until next year when we are even better, and can win the division and HOST AND WIN a few playoff games!