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(12-05-2017, 10:57 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: For those that harbor illusions that IF Dalton was healthy 2 years ago we win a Super Bowl...this thread is for you.

This is what, the 2nd huge 1st half lead we've blown this year to good teams.

This team finds a way to lose. Mix in a little bad officiating with dropped passes, 3 guys on defense refusing to tackle, critical PI calls, allowing receivers to be wide open, untimely play calling.

The team couldn't have looked better in the 1st half...until they allowed a long FG drive with under a minute to go. Then in the 2nd half it was like a totally different team that came out. The offense was stagnant. Suddenly the defense couldn't get stops. We could be ran on. The momentum was gone.

This team basically needs to play perfectly to beat good teams. There is no margin of error.

This wasn't isolated. It's been our pattern in primetime games against good teams and in the playoffs.

The fixes? Not so easy. AJ Green suddenly couldn't catch a pass. The entire coaching staff needs fired. No doubt. Anyone associated with this team needs to go.

But, management stays. The same management who hasn't won a playoff game in 26+ years. That albatross hangs around the players necks and pulls them down when they start to win...like a riptide in the ocean.

Marvin seems to always have his team take the foot off the gas once they get up by 14 and then struggles to put the foot back on the gas if the team catches up.