10-04-2017, 04:54 PM
(10-04-2017, 02:30 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Hmm, giving us 27 points and taking 10 away from the Ravens is a 37 point swing. That's a bit of a stretch if you ask me.
Yeah idk. I'd say our completely stagnant offense that gifted the Ravens 4 turnovers played a key role in some of their "offense". With a much better offense (like we've seen the last couple weeks), I could easily see a huge swing in both points scored and allowed in that game. Woulda coulda shoulda though. Lazor will have 14 games to prove himself.
To the OP: I'm far from a homer, but I can see where you're coming from. Those saying "wait til we play a real defense" were probably among those saying Lazor wouldn't make a big impact mid-season. I tried showing people how Jim Bob Cooter turned things around for the Lions in 2015...with a terrible o-line...but that was pretty much ignored.
People are basically giving Lazor the "Andy Dalton" treatment. Any good is downplayed. If the offense sees any dip at all against the Bills, it'll be used as evidence. If he produces again, it'll be met with more excuses or luke-warm praise at best. Honestly it's a long season and Lazor may prove to be a dud, but I'm excited about the extreme turnaround we've seen, and honestly I couldn't care less who it came against.
Would anyone have guessed after the opening goose-egg and 9 points in 2 games, that we'd score 55 in the next 2 games? People were talking about playing McCarron or drafting a QB and now that same guy has a nearly perfect 138.2 rating in his first 2 games with Lazor. It's worthy of some early praise at least, and I'll forgive him if he only put up say...17 on the Bills. They do look like a good D so far. I don't expect others to be forgiving at all though. Especially if we lose.
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