The tackles sucked at protecting Pat all night and hopefully that will be remedied but how much remains to be seen. Pat was running for his life all night it seemed. Like watching SBLV. You could tell it caught Pat off guard as well because I'm sure he was expecting much better protection from the edges. Just one more thing on his plate to deal with on top of knowing you don't have your "BINKY"(Kelce) to throw to expecting your young WR group to step up and get separation and bail you out but rather instead proving they 'are not ready for prime time' not making easy clutch catches.
Right now Veach and his 2 tackles acquisition and not acquiring a legit FA WR looks foolish. Smith has a holding problem coming in here and Taylor sucks at run blocking to begin with but now looks like he sucks at pass blocking against good talent as well. I realize creating a new game plan without Kelce less than 48hrs to game time IS a challenge BUT you have to at least be able to pass block and catch the ball regardless. You know the fundamentals?! Hopefully chemistry in due time and good coaching fix the o-line issues(thus Pat would have time to attack the deep routes with MVS and Ross) and our young WRs pursue redemption with a passion with some humility(speaking about Toney i.e. to humility-kid deserved to be humbled IMO).
I know it's only one game and I will just chalk this up to SB hangover, unexpected Kelce injury, playing the Lions, nervous young WRs and tackles with no chemistry for now. This will be our Ooops game getting it out of the way early in the season. Last year it was the Colts game that was our Ooops game.
What my gut tells me is.......I don't want to go there for now.
