The sky is NOT falling

[Welshers2]

Tough loss and really painful but I'm still high on this team.

Still only one game back in the division, even only 1 game back from the best record in the entire conference now that the Eagles lost. The 49ers are heavily banged up.

3-2 is not a death sentence. We lost to a good team.

Yes the defense looked bad but remember the secondary was out their two most important players. Love is the QB of this defense and him being out was huge.

Darnold and the offense came alive. 5 straight TD drives was awesome and I won't let the last pick ruin it for me.

We are a good team and very much in contention. Get our key defensive players back and we can compete with anyone. The sky isn't falling and we are right there in the playoff hunt.

 

[MyrtleHawk]

We lost to a good team.

Don't forget, we lost to a good team without Irving and Evans, according to the announcers I'm shocked the Buccs won and what a dominant win they had without their two offensive starters in such a tough place to win! Baker Mayfield for MVP, apparently.

 

[hawkfan68]

The sky is definitely not falling but can't keep losing games at home. This was a poor defenseive outing, they couldn't stop White and no pressure on Mayfield. The secondary was depleted so focusing on the defensive front for not picking up the slack.

 

[Hawknight]

Thanks for bringing me back to earth .and don't forget we played against the refs especially in the first half

 

[SonicHawk]

Yeah, I agree. This team isn't perfect but they are extremely competitive, especially at the level of play we're getting from our QB.

 

[HawkinNY]

The defense needs to improve when facing good teams. Next week will be a crushing loss. 400 plus yards from Lawerence. Unless they change the backfield scheme to fit the shutting depth players.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

We'll see what happens tomorrow night but Lawrence and the Jags offence isn't close to Mayfield and the Bucs. So I don't see the Jags doing what happened today as long as we a couple of reinforcements back

 

[Frank12]

We faced an incredibly injured team without their best WR & RB, This defense is without Love & Witherspoon.. This team is no where near what most people thought they were, and Meyers needs to be replaced I'm tired of watching this guy miss field goals.. I'm not saying the sky is falling, but this team still needs to be retooled majorly to be considered a true contender...

 

[BGHawk]

Tough loss and really painful but I'm still high on this team.

Still only one game back in the division, even only 1 game back from the best record in the entire conference now that the Eagles lost. The 49ers are heavily banged up.

3-2 is not a death sentence. We lost to a good team.

Yes the defense looked bad but remember the secondary was out their two most important players. Love is the QB of this defense and him being out was huge.

Darnold and the offense came alive. 5 straight TD drives was awesome and I won't let the last pick ruin it for me.

We are a good team and very much in contention. Get our key defensive players back and we can compete with anyone. The sky isn't falling and we are right there in the playoff hunt.

Yep..we are a good team and I'm not freaking. I wonder why the hawks refuse to cover the middle of the field. It was wide open all day

 

[glenwo2]

We'll see what happens tomorrow night but Lawrence and the Jags offence isn't close to Mayfield and the Bucs. So I don't see the Jags doing what happened today as long as we a couple of reinforcements back

Yeah I don't get the attitude that Lawrence will do what Baker did.

Baker is several levels above Lawrence.

Plus, it's on the road where for some reason this team's D doesn't play like horsesh*t.

I think we rebound with a big road win to go to 4-2 next week.

Oh and don't look now but the Titans just did us a huge solid by beating the Cards. LOL.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

The Bucs may have started the game more injured. But as the game went on, it started evening out. We were down 3 defensive starters to start, lost another one for sure and a few more were going in an out as the game went on.

 

[Welshers2]

The Bucs may have started the game more injured. But as the game went on, it started evening out. We were down 3 defensive starters to start, lost another one for sure and a few more were going in an out as the game went on.

Yeah the injury disparity was not as big as some were acting

 

[James in PA]

We're not playing at home next week. That alone gives me hope.

 

[JPatera76]

Yeah the injury disparity was not as big as some were acting

woolen and hall are pretty big

 

[Torc]

Any time the offense scores 35, you look right at the defense. Macdonald's press conference definitely reflected that. They asked about darnold's play and he just said he played great and that the defense needed to do better. Mac owned the issues on defense ("I didn't put them in the right positions", "the tackling was bad cuz I didn't design the plays well enough").....but I suspect he'll be having different conversations in private with the players. It's hard as a fan because you want the straight scoop, but a good coach is never going to give that to us. He refuses to throw the players under the bus in these situations.

 

[Torc]

Yeah the injury disparity was not as big as some were acting

I think Love is a huge loss. Some of those long plays don't happen if he is back there, IMO.

 

[Ruminator]

I guess I'd rather have Love and Spoon healthy for the second half of the season and going into the playoffs, if the team can not only rebound, but also start winning some home games.

 

[GemCity]

Must..have…at least…one…good…*ahem*…cornerback.

 

[glenwo2]

Any time the offense scores 35, you look right at the defense. Macdonald's press conference definitely reflected that. They asked about darnold's play and he just said he played great and that the defense needed to do better. Mac owned the issues on defense ("I didn't put them in the right positions", "the tackling was bad cuz I didn't design the plays well enough").....but I suspect he'll be having different conversations in private with the players. It's hard as a fan because you want the straight scoop, but a good coach is never going to give that to us. He refuses to throw the players under the bus in these situations.

Oh definitely.

He will most certainly tear all of them a brand new a-hole for their putrid performance.