Great game, I rewatched it from the second half. What a game.
I understood why KK wanted to kick the FG on 2nd down but he should have made up his mind some seconds earlier. At the end it ended up fine, KK has some hiccups her and there but his Game management gets better and if he calls the right plays as well, we might have a really good HC. But like many others stated he isn't there yet for now he is a good OC that has some hiccups and a mediocre HC.
And now on to the ints, we had 3 INTS of a beauty and the Kyler INT was a really bad thrown ball. Baker made a heck of a play, PP21 made a heck of a technical play and the INT of Simmons is just incredible, he backpadels and high points the ball as it would be easy to do so for a LB, the ball was thrown well, not under-thrown. If it isn't Simmons with his height and so on, Russel throw a perfect pass, if he throws it higher he overthrows his own player and Simmons picks him off. Just incredible to have such a guy on the D and not using him on most of your snaps.
Overall this D played better in the second half and if true that the team walked to VJ to change his mind on play-calling, kudos to the captains or whoever did it, that takes guts to go to the DC and speak him into changing his philosophy. Kudos to VJ to listen to his player and showcase that with enough ferocity his system is good enough to stop the best of them in clutch moments.
Zane was clutch expect for the kick after the TO but he redeemed himself.
Hop, Kirk and Fitz showed what this season could look like if Kyler gets in a groove. If Kyler would have found them like yesterday all three of them would be on the road to hit the 1k yards mark this year.
And having Fitz on the O, with his situational awareness, was key, you see nobody sprint the ball to the Ref and getting your guys to the ball to spike faster then him. It's like having a mini HC for situational Football on the field, for a young QB like Murray this is really helpful, at some point Murray will have this awareness but to have Fitz to help him now to win now, is crucial for the team, 11 Mio $ well spend for the WR/TE Fitz.
The team has still a long way to go and there were some bad moments from Kyler, Arnolds, Drake, Kliff, Vance Joseph, PP21 and so on, but overall a well fought and deserved win.
The Cardiac Cards are back.