09-24-2017, 10:22 PM
(09-24-2017, 10:10 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Which is what happens to us in big games or playoffs. Everyone loves Zimmer...but in the playoffs teams could run on us. People want to blame missing Dalton on why we lost to the Steelers but the Steelers were without Bell and had a RB off the streets come in and run on us.
It's death by 1000 papercuts. What it boils down to is this team has no strength that it can count on when the going gets tough.
Dalton was 21-27...with 2 TD's and 0 interceptions and people blame him.
Mixon had a lot of carries and averaged 3.4 ypc. There were plays where the Bengals ran the ball right into the blitz. We built the lead in the 1st half by taking deep shots to Green and throwing quick slants...and in the 2nd half he changed that all up.
The other team made adjustments and dared Dalton to make throws that weren't to RBs or three step quick throws. We failed on early downs and when hit with 3rd and longs Andy couldn't make the throws or panicked under pressure. I saw lots of runs into the blitz and it looked a lot like audibles from Andy at the line.
