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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
The excuses are kind of sad.
You guys keep bringing up the two fumbles. Do you even remember the situations, or are you hoping that we don't?
The first was 3rd and goal, and Williams was blown up between the 3 and 4 yd line. So even if he doesn't fumble, Denver either has to pull off a tough 4th down conversion, or take the FG.
And on the other play, even if Gordon (known to fumble a lot) hadn't fumbled, it was a failed fourth down conversion.
Let's also not forget that they were near the goal line both times thanks to two PI calls on balls thrown up for grabs.
And if you're being honest, Wilson's TD throw to Jeudy would be batted down or picked off the vast majority of the time. He also had another pass thrown directly to a defender with no one else close.
The penalty excuse is pretty weak too. Houston had 6 fewer penalty yards than Denver, and Denver had twice as many first downs from penalties. A bunch of delay of game/false starts sprinkled throughout the game isn't really an excuse for not moving the ball or scoring.
The fact is that Denver's redzone offense has not been good. And their offense overall was not very good against Houston. Expecting that to magically change vs defenses that are far better than what they've seen so far is a little homerish. Not to mention expecting all the penalties and horrible coaching decisions to magically disappear.
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A few things... you're assuming I'm trying to make an excuse. I get the fact that on the one fumble, it was essentially the same as going for it on 4th and missing it, creating a turnover on downs. Yes, Gordon has a knack for fumbling.
My point was - two goal line fumbles, remove one of them and it's a different story. But, you can't remove one of them, I get that. Yes, Denver's red zone offense has had issues. Hell, Washington caught a TD pass that was called back for holding I believe. Lots of stupid ass self-destructing actions have killed them.
The penalties... they've had 12 per game which is inexcusable. I'm not using it as an excuse.
And, no I'm not expecting all of that to just magically disappear. Anyway, I'm gonna let you guys beat up on Knowmo... later, enjoy the weekend.