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A win is a win I guess but there's no way this game should have been this close let alone go into overtime.
The Good
A Win-As the old saying goes, I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty. Well, don't get much uglier than this.
Chris Johnson-When he got the ball he was somewhat productive. 4YPC. Not bad for his first game back.
Red Zone Defense-With the exception of the first drive, the defense clamped down when it needed to holding the Colts to a FG when a TD would have been a back breaker.
HB-He came through when we really needed him to although I'm a bit concerned with his coverage ability or lack thereof.
JJ Nelson-If this kid can consistently catch balls down field, it will ease the pressure over the middle but this was his best game as a pro with 5 catches for 120 yards and a big TD.
Jaron Brown-He, too, had a solid game making some big catches.
The Bad
The Offense-Statistically speaking, the offense did pretty well. 389 yards total offense is what's keeping me from putting this under ugly.
Pass Rush-Yes we got 4 sacks but a couple of those Brisset held onto the ball too long and didn't throw it away. But otherwise he had weeks to throw passes out there. Had his receivers didn't have a bad case of skillet hands the Colts would have blown us out.
Officiating-Again, beating a dead horse but it amazes me how much 7 officials miss and when they do throw flags, they're ticky-tack. And 2 weeks in a row the officials couldn't figure out why they threw flags.
Carson Palmer-If it weren't for the fact that he threw for over 300 yards he'd be in the ugly territory. But the guy, sometimes he looks like an all pro and sometimes he looks like a 3rd string rookie.
Phil Dawson-Someone remind me how BASK thought this guy was a better option than Cat?
The Ugly
Preparedness-I'll never understand how a team can show up so unprepared. The first half this team was sleepwalking.
1st Colt Drive-Using their 3rd string QB, Brisset drove the Colts down field in a drive that would have made Peyton Manning proud.
Cards First 2 Drives-2 drives, negative 6 yards.
Red Zone Offense-This has been abysmal these first 2 weeks. How many times over the past 2 weeks have we gotten to around the 5 yard line to either come out with only a FG or nothing at all?
Offensive Line-This is a train wreck, oy. But we do have key players out and banged up but it's obvious Iupati and Veldheer are done.
Well, next week we have Dallas(and I don't feel bad that next week will be nearly a home game for them because right now they're in Denver and it sounds like they're in Dallas) and if we play like we've played over the past 2 games against them we're going to lose 55-14. Is the season over? If this keeps up, yes but there's plenty of time to right the ship as it were. I just want to see this team play with some fire in their bellies. Today, from what I saw, they played like they would have rather be somewhere else. Perhaps winning this game might light a fire under them.
The Good
A Win-As the old saying goes, I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty. Well, don't get much uglier than this.
Chris Johnson-When he got the ball he was somewhat productive. 4YPC. Not bad for his first game back.
Red Zone Defense-With the exception of the first drive, the defense clamped down when it needed to holding the Colts to a FG when a TD would have been a back breaker.
HB-He came through when we really needed him to although I'm a bit concerned with his coverage ability or lack thereof.
JJ Nelson-If this kid can consistently catch balls down field, it will ease the pressure over the middle but this was his best game as a pro with 5 catches for 120 yards and a big TD.
Jaron Brown-He, too, had a solid game making some big catches.
The Bad
The Offense-Statistically speaking, the offense did pretty well. 389 yards total offense is what's keeping me from putting this under ugly.
Pass Rush-Yes we got 4 sacks but a couple of those Brisset held onto the ball too long and didn't throw it away. But otherwise he had weeks to throw passes out there. Had his receivers didn't have a bad case of skillet hands the Colts would have blown us out.
Officiating-Again, beating a dead horse but it amazes me how much 7 officials miss and when they do throw flags, they're ticky-tack. And 2 weeks in a row the officials couldn't figure out why they threw flags.
Carson Palmer-If it weren't for the fact that he threw for over 300 yards he'd be in the ugly territory. But the guy, sometimes he looks like an all pro and sometimes he looks like a 3rd string rookie.
Phil Dawson-Someone remind me how BASK thought this guy was a better option than Cat?
The Ugly
Preparedness-I'll never understand how a team can show up so unprepared. The first half this team was sleepwalking.
1st Colt Drive-Using their 3rd string QB, Brisset drove the Colts down field in a drive that would have made Peyton Manning proud.
Cards First 2 Drives-2 drives, negative 6 yards.
Red Zone Offense-This has been abysmal these first 2 weeks. How many times over the past 2 weeks have we gotten to around the 5 yard line to either come out with only a FG or nothing at all?
Offensive Line-This is a train wreck, oy. But we do have key players out and banged up but it's obvious Iupati and Veldheer are done.
Well, next week we have Dallas(and I don't feel bad that next week will be nearly a home game for them because right now they're in Denver and it sounds like they're in Dallas) and if we play like we've played over the past 2 games against them we're going to lose 55-14. Is the season over? If this keeps up, yes but there's plenty of time to right the ship as it were. I just want to see this team play with some fire in their bellies. Today, from what I saw, they played like they would have rather be somewhere else. Perhaps winning this game might light a fire under them.
