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Originally Posted by oldman
That loss was a tough one, but I expected it to be a lot worse than it was. As with any loss, some of our more hysterical members are blaming everyone from Andy to the Gatorade guy. Trade for this guy, bench that one, and on and on.
Face it, we played a first ballot HOFer who made 2 ridiculous throws that changed the game. Sorenson was all over the receiver on the 34 yarder. Niemann provides pretty good coverage on the TD. Even the announcers thought he was throwing it away. We held the Pack to 118 yards rushing with Rodgers accounting for 29 of those. We sacked him 5 times. We did this without 3 defensive starters and a worn out DL.
Given our patchwork OL and no PMII, who would have thought a high school assistant coach would have kept it that close? Don't blame Buttkicker for missing a 50 yarder in a swirling wind.
Yes, McCoy's fumble didn't help and how we got torched twice by Jones is beyond me. You can question Reid all you want about not going for it on 4th and 3, but I'm not sure that wasn't the right call from our own 40 with over 5 minutes left. Would that have been the same call if Mahomes had been in the game? Maybe.
Bottom line is our D is improving, Andy needs to keep the playbook all the way open, and if we don't get a playoff bye, so be it. Win the AFC West and let the chips fall where they may.
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Punting in that situation was absolutely not the right call. Reid has made some terrible late-game decisions recently.
But he also put together a great game plan and dialed up some excellent plays.
He should have gone for it, but I’m fairly certain he would have with Mahomes under center.