UKBillFan

On defense I agree. On offense I think we're weaker at WR than we were last year. Have to hope our RBs are finding a groove.

Wilson and Cousins laying an egg so soon after beating us certainly grates.

The Cowboys are barely missing anyone on defense - the only experienced player on IR is Jourdan Lewis with Tarrell Basham inactive. Most of their injuries are on offense.

I'm not fussed about the number one seed. That may be blasphemous but we've just got to get to the post season. Then anything can happen. Yes, McDermott doesn't have a great record away from OP in the post season but we were a blown coverage away from the Championship game. We could have made the same error at home. Get everyone fit, ease Josh back to his best self and we'll be a threat wherever we play.

I've seen a lot of posts being very hard on him after today's performance.

I swear more people are hating on Josh now than last week. Last week he cost us the game. This week, through maturity and adjustments, he helped us win it.

I want to see a bit of what we saw from him today in the long term though. Accepting what defenses are giving him and not forcing things. He was much better today than the last ten quarters in that regard and it showed maturity. I also loved his mental strength after the abysmal first quarter off the back of the awful interception against the Vikings he could have easily collapsed with everything snowballing. It wasn't perfect but I don't think we could expect him to turn from Turnover Man to Superman in one game. Adjust and improve incrementally - that's what he did today. On Thursday, stay at this level or improve again. Don't go backwards.

We didn't use him anyway, did we? It was van Roten.

Josh - for adjusting and putting in a mature performance. We don't always need superman. Competence will do. Cook, Singletary, Milano, Poyer and Bass for the others. I don't think an explanation is needed!

Honestly, I'm the most pessimistic person on the planet. I appreciate we are not looking our best but we've got too many injuries in the secondary which is having an impact and Josh has to get back into the groove. This won't happen overnight and, in hindsight, today was perfect. He had a horrible start which could have driven his confidence into the ground completely but he regrouped, protected the ball and took what the defenses gave him. Yes, we need to be better in the Red Zone and desperately need Edmunds back (and White to sort out whatever his issue is) but today was a win for maturity and adjustment. In some ways that's better than a blow out.

Reading this thread, I think we must have lost.

We've scored over 30 in two out of four games post bye, 27 in one of the others yet the offense is not looking right. 😁

So are posts saying one thing where facts show something else.

This is the best D in the NFL on stats.

Of course the secondary is an issue, have you seen who we are missing?

Just got to burn the clock on offense.

Agreed, but not many teams go from bad to good or good to bad in a blink. They shows signs in a quarter, or a half, or a game and then start building or slipping.

I love it. We started looking like trash, and we adjusted. Furthermore, we managed it whilst Josh still isn't at 100%.

I love that our offense has been off since the bye yet we've put up 25+ points in three out of four games since then.

We're doing exactly what we should be doing. Taking what the defense is giving us.

It's where he's been struggling for a bit. He's getting back into the groove so hopefully the hot reads will fall into place.

Let's win first!

Thinking back, we had one day of practice this week. There's going to be rustiness off the back of that.

But I think we find it easier to play in a dome. I don't think Josh would have adjusted his passing game as much as he has in bad conditions.

He's not going to see every play - especially with this O Line. Just glad he didn't turn it over, fumble or get sacked.