Love made mistakes against the Giants. He'll learn from it, and grow. The receivers made mistakes. They'll grow. Even our offensive line, as poorly as it actually played, did some good things. LeFleur made some mistakes in play calling, and clock management. Yet, he also made some good decisions. They gave us a chance to win. The defense actually played well enough to win. That is, until the decision on that last drive by the Giants to quit playing defense the way it was working, and go into that darned prevent, with defenders so far off the receivers, and no pressure on the QB. It has always turned into disaster, yet, we keep seeing it happen so often that it's become predictable.
LeFleur himself pretty much pinned the loss on the defense, and the calls being made. People can make excuses all they want for his decisions, by saying it was due to a lack of personnel available to him. The fact is, had they stuck with playing defense the way they had been, instead of laying back so far off the ball, and pretty much killing their own pass rush, the Packers could have won that game. The Giants were not making drives against them, and that last drive was a gift from Barry.
You can post all the stats you want, but the fact is, the judgement of a coach is based on how well he makes decisions when it's crunch time. Barry fails in that regard, constantly.
