11-01-2022, 01:06 PM
(11-01-2022, 12:25 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: We beat a Falcons team with the secondary depleted.
The Browns beat us with a backup QB and were missing their top CB. We weren't even competitive.
If Chase was out there, we still lose big. This was Dallas or the Steelers game.
Off topic, but in response to your comment on Dallas/Steelers.... We just can't seem to handle teams with primetime rushers (Steelers- TJ, Dallas- Micah Parsons, Browns- Miles Garrett). We need to be able to run the ball so that rushers can't just pin their ears back, but we don't even seem to try. I wish they'd at least rotate Perine and/or Evans in for a series at a time, just to see if it makes a difference. Not just a token carry here or there. I believe Perine had one carry for seven yards last night.... Mixon just looks a step slow and totally defeated, whether it's lost confidence or whatever, and he can't pass protect at all. I love Zac for the roster and culture he's help build. But we need an offensive mind to get us over the hump. Unfortunately, he's not it....
