[ Originally Posted by Roy P View Post
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. This is a good team but very unlucky. I'm not quite ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater at this point. Am I dissapointed that we haven't been perfect? Sure. Do I think we have a uncompetitive team like the Browns or Raiders? No. Is Schaub as bad as Jake Delhomme? I don't think so. Delhomme had his team in a SuperBowl, so Schaub isn't the reason we are losing and our season is lost.
QUOTE=dadmg;16576]Sums up my feelings on this year pretty perfectly.[/QUOTE]
I for most part agree with this sentiment, very disappointed as well, maybe today after the 17-0 start, really feel let down and empty.
Today we had more time of possession, more yards passing, more yards rushing, and then more turnovers where it hurt, and many more penalties against which hurt big time. It was good to see no fumbles by RB's and no missed FG by Kicker.
Overall, stats compared to Titans and Jaguars, we have about same record this year, and more points for, and less points against so I think there is an incremental improvement. And if we end up 9-7 or less likely 10-6, we will be improving in the W-L record by end of year.
The penalties and turnovers did us in big time. And this is same two things mostly did us in last week. These bad things led to Indys points, not our players getting beat. I think perhaps the guys are trying to hard to make a big play when all they really need to do is be consistent and not make the mistake. They need to trust their team and be good together. I think these are fixable things by coaches and players we have.
I do see Schaub seeming to sometimes not exude the confidence he should when a single bad thing doesn't go his way. He's got to mature on this. And bad things do demotivate or get guys to not think as they should. The learning to win, be consistent thing. Offense and defense need this consistency, moving to the next play quickly.
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