09-17-2023, 05:39 PM
(09-17-2023, 05:23 PM)WhoDeyK Wrote: As odd as it sounds. I’m not that worried. Mostly because this is a carbon copy of last year for the most part. Week 1 was extra bad but today looked honestly as I expected. Ups and downs but starting to put things together.These slow starts are the result of a lack of preseason reps and constant Burrow injuries in the preseason. I expect our first win next week as long as Burrow isn’t injured.
Now if Burrow doesn’t play next week or we lose next week maybe I’ll start to worry
Is it like last year? We lost in extraordinary circumstances in an OT loss in Week 1, despite the QB playing badly. Week 2 was a close loss to a good team right at the end.
This season was a shellacking against a decent opponent, with the QB looking 100% not ready. Today I think the scoreline was closer than the game was, The Ravens were better than a 3 point winner. But granted I don't think today was disastrous, just not great defensively.
The Rams game tonight will be a good indication of our chances next week. Play SF hard, and I can't see how we'd be favoured to win next week. Hope you're right though.
For me, today's disappointments are the QB's calf maybe not progressing as we'd hoped. The defence giving up the run despite that clearly being what the Ravens are good for. But ultimately, today wasn't disastrous, it's the combination of last week and this week which has me concerned about the team. Beat the Rams and it begins to look a bit more like last year hopefully, but we're in serious trouble if we lose next week and Burrow still doesn't look quite right.
