Uppercut wrote:Seriously! Coming off that beatdown and lose to the Salamanders would be close to having a bad season outcome.
There will be some heartburn in the game but;
Sea 23 - Salamanders 19
RiverDog wrote:I'm very troubled with the way we've looked in the past two weeks. Unless we can cut down on the turnovers, improve our 3rd down efficiency, and start scoring TD's in the red zone, I can't see this team going anywhere.
Commanders 21, Hawks 20.
RiverDog wrote:I'm very troubled with the way we've looked in the past two weeks. Unless we can cut down on the turnovers, improve our 3rd down efficiency, and start scoring TD's in the red zone, I can't see this team going anywhere.
Commanders 21, Hawks 20.
4XPIPS wrote:You still have us at home losing? Sam Howell is a turnover machine in his own right. I guess you would be content if your prediction fails.
Oly wrote:A win is a win, but it's hard to look at these Hawks and the way the 9ers played today and think the Hawks will hold on to the NFC West lead. They look like a one-and-done wild card team.
Now, if Geno could revert to last season's form before the end of the season, I'll change my tune.
4XPIPS wrote:What part of last season? How he started or how he finished? He is a pretty solid QB when he has no pressure and has time to go through his reads, but when he faces pressure he is so afraid of turning the ball over that he rolls out and tosses the ball away. He can't react to pressure well and kills a lot of 3rd downs this way.
Spohawk5092 wrote:we just barely beat a not very good team. 49ers game is not going to be pretty.
RiverDog wrote:I didn't get to see the entire game as there were quite a few distractions from where I was watching from.
In order to uphold my reputation as a perpetual critic, I saw two things involving clock management that always irks be because players don't have a 6th grade understanding of the game. Charbonnet lowered his head and bulldozed for a completely meaningless yard or two when with no timeouts, he should have gotten out of bounds. Had we ran out of time and not gotten the FG attempt off, it could have cost us the game.
And I got the impression that Metcalf had failed to learn his lesson from the Pittsburgh game last season on that last passing play where he was within about 90% FG range and was still trying to play hero ball instead of getting down. But as it turned out, he got tackled anyway and we had enough time to line up and spike the ball.
Geno didn't have a great game, but he had one that was a lot better effort than the recent few games. No turnovers, managed the last drive very well, didn't take any unwise sacks. It was a win that was a must, as is the game next week at the Rams, if we expect to break into that upper level of SB contending teams.
RiverDog wrote:I didn't get to see the entire game as there were quite a few distractions from where I was watching from.
In order to uphold my reputation as a perpetual critic, I saw two things involving clock management that always irks be because players don't have a 6th grade understanding of the game. Charbonnet lowered his head and bulldozed for a completely meaningless yard or two when with no timeouts, he should have gotten out of bounds. Had we ran out of time and not gotten the FG attempt off, it could have cost us the game.
And I got the impression that Metcalf had failed to learn his lesson from the Pittsburgh game last season on that last passing play where he was within about 90% FG range and was still trying to play hero ball instead of getting down. But as it turned out, he got tackled anyway and we had enough time to line up and spike the ball.
Geno didn't have a great game, but he had one that was a lot better effort than the recent few games. No turnovers, managed the last drive very well, didn't take any unwise sacks. It was a win that was a must, as is the game next week at the Rams, if we expect to break into that upper level of SB contending teams.
MackStrongIsMyHero wrote:I think Charbonnet knew screwed up and Pete was visibly frustrated by it on the side line. Charb likes that contact; just needs to remember when it isn't the right call.
RiverDog wrote:Those sorts of things irritate me lots more than a dropped pass, a false start, or a blown assignment. Charbonnet has played enough football, and if he's like most of us, grew up with the sport to where he should have known instinctively that he needed to get out of bounds in that situation. When it comes to football, stuff like that is something you learn right along with the ABC's, and it can't be rationalized by noting that he likes contact.
I can't say for sure if Metcalf would have gotten down instead of continuing to struggle for yardage or not on that final pass reception, but I sure got the feeling that he wanted to keep going.
RiverDog wrote:Those sorts of things irritate me lots more than a dropped pass, a false start, or a blown assignment. Charbonnet has played enough football, and if he's like most of us, grew up with the sport to where he should have known instinctively that he needed to get out of bounds in that situation. When it comes to football, stuff like that is something you learn right along with the ABC's, and it can't be rationalized by noting that he likes contact.
I can't say for sure if Metcalf would have gotten down instead of continuing to struggle for yardage or not on that final pass reception, but I sure got the feeling that he wanted to keep going.
MackStrongIsMyHero wrote:For sure; he gets no pass from me. He was one-track minded, and, while I think that explains why he did it, it doesn't excuse it. He's played a lot of football his whole life, so he knows better. Charb and Metcalf have to get a grip on themselves and recognize the game situation.
RiverDog wrote:I probably should have said it a little differently as I didn't mean to suggest that you were making excuses for him. Like you said, it's an explanation, not an excuse.
And the sad thing is that Charbonnet and Metcalf aren't the only ones guilty of those brain-dead mistakes. I've seen it all too frequently in the NFL.
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