volsunghawk wrote:I don't feel that way in the least.
It was a short week, a road game, and the toughest defense we'll face all year playing with their home crowd. People will call those excuses, but they're true.
Credit SF for doing what elite defenses do at home against work-in-progress offenses.
Think about it. If our team was hosting some other team with an offense ranking in the bottom third of the league, what would you expect our D to do to them? Demolish them, right? And would that demolition be a mark of that team's offense "taking steps back," or would they have just run into a dominating defense feeding off its home crowd?
FlyingGreg wrote:I don't feel anything other than a little bummed since we had a chance to win.
Not sure why everyone expected us to roll into SF on a short week and play one of the best teams in the NFL coming off an embarassing home loss and expect different results.
I thought we had a good chance to win, but that was with expecting our offense to pick up where they left off, which in hindsight was a little foolish.
SouthSoundHawk wrote:I will reserve judgement until after next week.
The entire team looked exhausted after the first handful of plays! Did anyone else notice this? Dudes were standing around with their hands on their hips after the first quarter. It was BAD.
Short week really took a toll on the 'hawks. Credit SF for being ready to battle.
drdiags wrote:I feel sort of blase. I know our offense is not a complete nor dynamic offense yet. I didn't see this as a win and was glad to see us in it during the first half. Was surprised to see Turbin not make that catch. I think nerves got him.
It has been a roller-coaster season so far, with games that get you thinking that this could be special and others that make you realize there is still work to do. This team has some good stuff going. It just may not be top of the NFL ready and is still fragile enough in its development that it could come apart at the seams.
The offense makes it difficult for this team to win on the road. I think once the right side of the OLine has a talent upgrade, things will get better, but most likely not this year. That would be a start. I think LT, LG and C are capable.
On to Detroit. Home of Jerome Bettis, in case anyone didn't know. <smile>
hawkfan68 wrote:I will reserve judgement until after next week.
The entire team looked exhausted after the first handful of plays! Did anyone else notice this? Dudes were standing around with their hands on their hips after the first quarter. It was BAD.
Short week really took a toll on the 'hawks. Credit SF for being ready to battle.
volsunghawk wrote:I don't feel that way in the least.
It was a short week, a road game, and the toughest defense we'll face all year playing with their home crowd. People will call those excuses, but they're true.
Credit SF for doing what elite defenses do at home against work-in-progress offenses.
Think about it. If our team was hosting some other team with an offense ranking in the bottom third of the league, what would you expect our D to do to them? Demolish them, right? And would that demolition be a mark of that team's offense "taking steps back," or would they have just run into a dominating defense feeding off its home crowd?
Seahawk Sailor wrote:Yep. This is it. Plus throw in the fact folks would probably be singing a different tune were even a few more balls caught. Even one or two, likely. If Turbin hangs onto that pass for 7 instead of 3, we're at a 10-13 deficit if the game is played out exactly the same, with all the rest of the drops. That's a field goal difference, instead of playing with the mentality we needed the touchdown. Add a catch on that 3rd and 2 pass when we were on the 49ers 43 yard line and driving in the third quarter, and it's probably another three points at least.
This game was a very close game, likely decided by a couple key drops, in a short week game on the road against an opponent that is one of the very best in the league. There are still areas of concern, but to think we took a step back isn't really the case.
Throwdown wrote:Just, I don't know what to say! And its not speachlessness, its like i'm almost demoralized as a fan lol, just when you thought the passing game took a step forward, it took about 800 steps back, and the defense while good as all hell, still needs some work.
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