01-12-2024, 05:27 PM
(01-12-2024, 03:04 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: We lost that second game 11-34, Nate. Mason Rudolph had a 124.0 QB Rating and George Pickens had 4 catches for 195 yards and 2 TDs.
They took their foot off the gas in the 4th quarter and ran on 13 out of their 15 plays in the 4th quarter or else it would have been much worse than the 23 point loss it was.
With 0 turnovers, we still lose because our defense was awful.
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The first game Zac Taylor decided to run the Joe Burrow offense with Browning and had the RBs run the ball just EIGHT TIMES. Think about that. A backup QB making his first career start, it's against a top-10 scoring defense that is below average against the run in both volume and efficiency, and the HC/Playcaller had a non-QB run just EIGHT TIMES.
Meanwhile the defense, still with DJ Reader on it, gave up over 150 rushing yards at almost 5 yards per carry and 9 catches for 120 yards to Pat Freiermuth, the only guy Kenny Pickett's little hands could throw the ball to.
The Defense was really bad in both those games so true. Just saying throwing 3 interceptions sure can hurt and make it easier for a
team to score 34 points. Running it only 8 times in the first game was extremely suspect as well and I said it at the time. I am not really
disagreeing, you are right, the Defense and lack of running game are the biggest reasons we didn't make the Playoffs.
