Second Half Tempo

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(10-28-2018, 06:03 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Once again, Marvin nearly blows a big second half lead. I called this coming back at halftime Marvin is insanely bad at maintaining a lead. It's mind-boggling how horrible his teams play in the second half with a lead

This. 
While I'll take a win anyway it comes, there is no denying this teams' frequent disappearing act in the 2nd half of games. And this is nothing new. The reoccurring theme is Marvin. As soon as I seen Fitzpatrick put his helmet on, I told my oldest son the former Bengals QB was going to bring them back. 
Was that 4 straight 3 and outs after halftime?
I'm all for being smart with the ball. But you can't go full vanilla in hopes of holding on. What are we doing differently in the 2nd half?
If Fitzpatrick started today, we probably see a different ending. Better get it figured out with the HOF Brees coming to town. 
Dont get me wrong, 5-3 is nice. But if we hope to compete with top teams, especially in the playoffs, the mindset, the effort, the playcalling or whatever it takes needs to change in the second half of games.