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Ellard80 said:
We were not going to ram the ball down Detroit's throat at the end of the game with 2nd string linemen against the #1 rushing defense in the NFL last year.

in fact a big reason we did not kill more clock was because they tried to run the ball on 1st down and lost two yards to make it 2 and 12.
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That's exactly what I'm saying though. I knew that drive was gonna start with a bad run and then two passes. It seems to always go that way. Recency bias probably on my part though.
 
HE WITH HORNS said:
Enough with the celebration bullshit.
Second string Oline on the road in a hostile environment, and we call 2 passes for every rush attempt in a very close game? This loss is on the play calling. At one point it was 4 pass attempts to every rush. Unacceptable.
But you guys can keep talking about how good we did.
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nah the short passing game was definitely the smart move. Detroit had the #1 rushing defense last year and we were down to 2nd string lineman.
 
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Lot to be optimistic about. But known weaknesses were exposed. Need to work on them asap. They ain’t going away.
 
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Ellard80 said:
nah the short passing game was definitely the smart move. Detroit had the #1 rushing defense last year and we were down to 2nd string lineman.
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We'll never know but yeah I suspect more runs may have just sped the game to a quicker win for Detroit. Stafford sustaining drives is what kept us in this game, that and the defense making timely stops for much of it.
 
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Maybe some year we’ll actually draft a MLB that can stop the run , and not disappear in crunch time.
So close , but a loss is a loss.
Not sure what to think with all the injuries. Dammit
 
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majrleaged said:
it was the smart move. our D was on the field the last 4 minutes of regulation. Totally gassed.
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Yeah, back to back possessions in situations like that are killer. They were gassed.

They lost that game when they couldn't run out those last 4 minutes or at least most of those 4 minutes.
 
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Merlin said:
Detroit is a dirty fucking team. I don't care what anyone says. They had multiple incidents of more contact than they should have, to include shit like grabbing Stafford's wrapped ankle. Fuck those bastards and I'm gonna be glad when they get knocked out of the playoffs. Because they're gonna get knocked out.
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There was another one earlier in the game when one lineman dove behind Stafford's legs and another one pushed him late over the top of the guy on the ground. That's where stafford hurt his ankle. It looked too choreographed to be an accident.

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We lost. Let it go. 16 games left. Limmer is the starting Center and if not for the Jackson contract would probably have been to start the season. That said it's good they gave Jackson that contract so now he can settle into left Guard if Avila can't go. When Hav and Alric get back this O will roll.
 
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LARAMSinFeb. said:
And, the OT rules are pretty screwed up.
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Gotta say that if you can't stop a team from scoring a TD on their first possession you don't deserve the dub. We could be all fair and give both teams possessions and waste even more of people's evenings, or just let defense matter and fucking call it.
 
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all that being said I figured this game was going to be a close game but likely a loss.
 
Merlin said:
Gotta say that if you can't stop a team from scoring a TD on their first possession you don't deserve the dub. We could be all fair and give both teams possessions and waste even more of people's evenings, or just let defense matter and fucking call it.
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Yeah, but there’s a reason Campbell was cheering when they won the toss.
 
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gabriel18 said:
Maybe some year we’ll actually draft a MLB that can stop the run , and not disappear in crunch time.
So close , but a loss is a loss.
Not sure what to think with all the injuries. Dammit
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We thought speights was gonna be that guy.

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Legatron4 said:
Also, McVay is absolutely god awful in putting games away. We have seen way too many times the inability to put teams down. He gets way too cute with his playcalling.
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This.

It seems almost heretical to say anything negative about the coach who has turned around this franchise and won us a Super Bowl, but nobody is perfect. Take the field goal. Run the ball. Use those big tight ends. Don’t try to prove you’re the smartest guy in the room on every single play.

Other than that, really proud of the guys tonight. The young defence gave their all and just ran out of steam. The offence did as well as could be expected given all the injuries.

Let’s hope that we can rebound with a win next week. And, even though it’s only week one, let’s grab the best available tackle in next year’s draft.
 
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Tumak61 said:
We lost. Let it go. 16 games left. Limmer is the starting Center and if not for the Jackson contract would probably have been to start the season. That said it's good they gave Jackson that contract so now he can settle into left Guard if Avila can't go. When Hav and Alric get back this O will roll.
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This is the vent thread. We'll "let it go" when this thread gets locked tomorrow. Until then, let the people vent!
 
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