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[Shake n Blake]

(03-03-2016, 06:19 PM)J24 Wrote: We played Blaine gabbert and Austin Davis in two of those games. Alex Smith threw for nearly 400 yards against us, Brock Oswiler lit us up in the 2nd half, and Pittsburgh dominated us on third down in the game where Iloka missed all but one drive.

That's a lot of bending and stretching to make a guy look bad.

1. You do realize that Blaine Gabbert was pretty good last year, right? He had a 58.3 rating against us and a 92.2 rating in his other 7 starts. 

2. Austin Davis isn't good, but am I supposed to be upset that our D held him to 3 points?

3. Alex Smith threw for 386 because he was down the entire game. Going into the 4th, he was down 29-15. Not to mention he was sacked 5 times thanks in part to wonderful coverage. He did throw for 134 yards in the 4th quarter, but almost every throw was listed as "short" by PFR, meaning he was taking the short throws we were giving him. He did burn Dennard for 44 yards:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201510040cin.htm

4. 3rd downs? Lol. Our pass D was outstanding in that game and we pretty much won that game thanks to Shawn Williams:





But yeah...3rd downs.