Hawkfandrew
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I still think Pete is the root of alot of our problems. I think he decided to try and change our offensive philosophy after the Rams game because we turned it over so much it scared him back to his old ways. The positive side of this is that our defense has shown us that they are truly making improvements and are good enough that is our offense can return to early season form we can realistically make a deep playoff run. In my mind this all falls on Pete though, he needs to realize that this team is capable of jumping out on teams and creating a nice 10 or so point lead in the beginning of games by really attacking and taking some risks on offense. This is what we have gone away from the last several weeks and we are starting to see that approach where we play to keep ourselves in striking distance towards the end of the game. If we unleash this offense from the very beginning of the game, in my mind this comes down to one thing....throw more on first down! We can turn this thing around, I definitely am still very cautious about believing things are going to just fall into place for us. What I can say though is this team has shown it has the personal and the talent to make a deep playoff run. I think we need to see better play from Russ, I believe he will figure it out as he always does so I'm not really worried about that part of it. In summary what I have decided and I know I'm just a fan so it really means nothing lol. Is if this team does not put it together and advance further than the 1st round this year in my mind this will be 100% the head coachs fault for not finding a way to get this offense and defense to both play successfully together. Other coaches find a way to do it, Pete needs to as well. Im scared he is of the belief that you can either have a high flying offense that takes alot of risks but scores enough to overcome it most games, or you can play relatively risk free and let your defense win you games.(2013 formula) i think we could be very close to what the chiefs were last year(look how that worked out for them). They had a very potent offense and a middle of the pack defense that created impact plays when it mattered. I for one hope we pull it together and am choosing after several days of being very down on this team to believe that we are going to find a way to turn it around and get hot right when it matters. 4-0 to end the season Im calling it right now! GO HAWKS!