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Last thing and I promise I will be done with this. 
I re-watched the game and this is what I saw:
Offense- I had no issue with the play calling. We actually balanced the pass and run very well. The drive deep in our own territory was taken away by referee calls. No PI on Graham and offensive PI on Adams. Both horrible calls which would have gotten us over the 50. Maybe a fg, td, or at least tilt field position. But no go due to the referee bad calls. The red zone was our issue; however, two trips were subject to very iffy calls. The holding penalty on Taylor and the catch by Adams. I watched the replay of TD to Adams and that could have been called a catch. He had the ball secured and his knees were down in the end zone. The refs should have at least replayed it to ensure it was not a TD. We did have some o-line break downs at bad times. Bulaga had two in the red zone areas that stopped drives and led to sacks. Adams catches that TD or did he and the holding penalty is not called (IMO should have not been) we have two TD's instead of FG's. Otherwise, the O played well.
Defense- Even though we gave up 22 points in the 4th, I point to two plays. The deep ball to Diggs and the TD to Thielen at the end of the 4th. House got beat, yes but Brice was at fault. He was looking to the middle and right side of the field and moved up to help out on another route that he shouldn't have. That left the deep ball wide open. If he does his job that ball is knocked away or picked. The Thielen TD was a combo of Alexander and Brice's fault. Alexander had perfect position but did not look up at the ball. Could have been a pick or knocked away. Brice played the ball perfectly but let it go right through his hands. More Brice's fault because it would have been a tough play for Alexander. We need a safety! The D actually played pretty damn well except for those two plays and the overtime. Cousins was really good yesterday. He was very accurate and made some really good throws even when they were covered. If not for the stupid Clay call, Cousins would have had 3 tds 2 ints and about 280 yards passing. Not that great considered how well he was throwing the ball.
This is just my take. Yes, we made some mistakes but we did win that ball game. I do not complain about referees at all normally but wow that game was bad. I am optimistic about this team. I think if we stay healthy Graham and AR will get even a better connection and this D could be pretty solid later in the year. Besides safety.
I know. I have green and gold colored glasses.
I re-watched the game and this is what I saw:
Offense- I had no issue with the play calling. We actually balanced the pass and run very well. The drive deep in our own territory was taken away by referee calls. No PI on Graham and offensive PI on Adams. Both horrible calls which would have gotten us over the 50. Maybe a fg, td, or at least tilt field position. But no go due to the referee bad calls. The red zone was our issue; however, two trips were subject to very iffy calls. The holding penalty on Taylor and the catch by Adams. I watched the replay of TD to Adams and that could have been called a catch. He had the ball secured and his knees were down in the end zone. The refs should have at least replayed it to ensure it was not a TD. We did have some o-line break downs at bad times. Bulaga had two in the red zone areas that stopped drives and led to sacks. Adams catches that TD or did he and the holding penalty is not called (IMO should have not been) we have two TD's instead of FG's. Otherwise, the O played well.
Defense- Even though we gave up 22 points in the 4th, I point to two plays. The deep ball to Diggs and the TD to Thielen at the end of the 4th. House got beat, yes but Brice was at fault. He was looking to the middle and right side of the field and moved up to help out on another route that he shouldn't have. That left the deep ball wide open. If he does his job that ball is knocked away or picked. The Thielen TD was a combo of Alexander and Brice's fault. Alexander had perfect position but did not look up at the ball. Could have been a pick or knocked away. Brice played the ball perfectly but let it go right through his hands. More Brice's fault because it would have been a tough play for Alexander. We need a safety! The D actually played pretty damn well except for those two plays and the overtime. Cousins was really good yesterday. He was very accurate and made some really good throws even when they were covered. If not for the stupid Clay call, Cousins would have had 3 tds 2 ints and about 280 yards passing. Not that great considered how well he was throwing the ball.
This is just my take. Yes, we made some mistakes but we did win that ball game. I do not complain about referees at all normally but wow that game was bad. I am optimistic about this team. I think if we stay healthy Graham and AR will get even a better connection and this D could be pretty solid later in the year. Besides safety.
I know. I have green and gold colored glasses.
