08-31-2022, 08:07 AM
(08-22-2022, 08:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There is a logical disconnect in your argument.
You can't claim the team had the same talent and planning the first 13 games when they were just 7-6 as they did winning 3 straight playoff games. After 7 weeks into the season we only had one win against a team that would finish with a winning record (and just barely at 9-7-1)
There had to be something else coming into play because the results were very different.
It is very simple… they have a really young team that lacked experience. They also had a really bad O-line that required changes to the gameplan. Joe burrow hadn’t played a full season, jamar was a rookie, defense added many new players and needed to learn to play together as a unit, tee was in his second year, rookie starting on the o-line. I mean it’s pretty simple - the more reps and more experience playing along each other created better play at the end of the season.
