01-17-2017, 01:22 PM
People can blame the refs...and try to discredit teams that win...but mental toughness and playmaking win in the playoffs.
Take for instance the KC/Pittsburgh game - The Chiefs best player Kelce has a ball go right through his hands on a deep throw. He also melts down and has the 15 yard personal foul for shoving a Steelers player. Meanwhile, the Steelers aren't scoring TD's and kicking FG's and their defense keeps playing great. They could have missed FG's and folded and went into a funk, but they kept playing.
Green Bay had an injury to their best WR...and so far won 2 playoff games. They have a WR playing RB!!! And they're still winning. That's mental toughness. They have excuses to lose, yet they keep playing hard and win. They convert 1st downs when they need to. They also don't go into a shell and try to advance the ball. Yeah...they could have just took a knee and went to OT, but instead they went for the win with 34 seconds left. The Bengals likely take a knee and go to OT.
New England...mentally tough. Virtually mistake free. The Texans hung with the Patriots in the 1st half. What do the Patriots do? They come out in the 2nd half and absolutely demolish Houston.
So many of our playoff appearances have been marred by mental errors. The Dalton interception to Watt that I believe was returned for a TD. Dropped passes. Fumbles. Penalties at inopportune times. Dropped passes. Plays that show the stage is too big for our guys.
So many other examples are out there of the mentally tougher team winning...we need to draft mentally tough players.
Take for instance the KC/Pittsburgh game - The Chiefs best player Kelce has a ball go right through his hands on a deep throw. He also melts down and has the 15 yard personal foul for shoving a Steelers player. Meanwhile, the Steelers aren't scoring TD's and kicking FG's and their defense keeps playing great. They could have missed FG's and folded and went into a funk, but they kept playing.
Green Bay had an injury to their best WR...and so far won 2 playoff games. They have a WR playing RB!!! And they're still winning. That's mental toughness. They have excuses to lose, yet they keep playing hard and win. They convert 1st downs when they need to. They also don't go into a shell and try to advance the ball. Yeah...they could have just took a knee and went to OT, but instead they went for the win with 34 seconds left. The Bengals likely take a knee and go to OT.
New England...mentally tough. Virtually mistake free. The Texans hung with the Patriots in the 1st half. What do the Patriots do? They come out in the 2nd half and absolutely demolish Houston.
So many of our playoff appearances have been marred by mental errors. The Dalton interception to Watt that I believe was returned for a TD. Dropped passes. Fumbles. Penalties at inopportune times. Dropped passes. Plays that show the stage is too big for our guys.
So many other examples are out there of the mentally tougher team winning...we need to draft mentally tough players.
