Herb

We played right into their hands

Why not have a goal of 30 points or bust every game no matter how it has to be achieved? It's honestly what you need to do to be truly elite in this league.

You just might not fully understand what pace can do to break down and force a defense into mistakes. Josh was continually in the pocket most of the game with receivers not getting any separation. We played right into their hands.

When things are not holding up protection wise, you can always speed things up to throw the defense out of their rhythm.

Not with our MVP. Have some balls for a change. Have you ever witnessed Tom Brady totally relying on speed and checkdowns to pull out a close game where his protections frequently broke down? Josh is more than capable of such things.

Once you realize that protection is not a thing in the pocket, why not just speed everything up offensively? You've got a truly brilliant MVP QB who could easily run this kind of attack on demand. This was yet another playoff preview of what will ultimately rear its ugly head at the worst possible time.

Twas a playoff preview again. More physical teams will more often than not beat us. McDermott has taken us as far as he can.

Tis coaching

It only bothered me as much as it did because this was the last preseason performance in the old stadium. You'd have thought that the coaching staff would have appreciated that more by being aggressive early.

We all know it's only preseason, but it seems that no matter how much we draft and sign veterans on defense, we still somehow struggle with 3rd down opponent efficiency in the most crucial points of the game. I suppose Josh will have to be Josh yet again.

The punt block TD and McDermott choosing to run on our last possession with 3 timeouts was the difference in the game. Tom Brady called out our wasted timeout live. Tom fully explained the situation and exclaimed that McDermott's decision basically made it impossible to win the game.

Perhaps Bass's inconsistency has somewhat influenced McDermott's recent change of heart. I continue to hope that coach will realize that we're not going to beat the elite teams unless we always have the peddle to the metal.

We're 4-2 against the Chiefs in the regular season. We're 0-3 in the playoffs. The difference in our last battle was going for 4th and short against this most recent incarnation, and it ultimately ended up being the difference in the game. In our playoff battles, there were multiple times where McDermott attempted field goals when he should have just trusted Josh. There was a marked difference in our last game between what we ultimately ended up doing in our past meetings (and losing), and what McDermott chose to allow.

If coach McDermott keeps going for it on crucial 4th downs, I might start believing in him longer term. As long as he's not holding Josh back from being Josh, I think we'll break through this year and win it all.

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