Week 1 Down, Fans must...

[BengalChris]

(09-10-2019, 07:47 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: 34-23 Win vs the Colts last year then 34-23 Win versus Ravens.

vs 1 point loss to Seattle.

Fans are more excited about the close loss to Seattle.

Yeah, people forget. There was excitement last year about that opening win against the Colts. Mixon had 95 yards on 17 carries and a TD and another 54 yards receiving on 7 targets. Green had 95 receiving yards on 8 targets with a TD. Eifert had 44 yards on 3 targets. Green lost a fumble. It was Luck's first game back and he was 39 of 53. We held the Colts to 74 yards rushing. We scored 17 points in the 4th quarter to put the game away. It was a very efficient offense 334 total yards yielded 34 points. We turned it over twice (1 INT, 1 FUM) and got two turnovers (1 INT, 1 FUM). The OL gave up 2 sacks on 28 pass attempts compared to 4 sacks on 54 pass attempts last Sunday.

By the time we got to the really good teams on the schedule last year in KC and NO the wheels came off.

I see all the passing Sunday and no running game and I don't see the playoffs in our future without fixing the running game. Excitement or not, the team scored more last year when it had a running game and a healthy offense. There's things to improve on. We have better teams on our schedule than the Seahawks down the line.

However, the players do seem to have more energy and excitement in them. That will need to translate to wins. Last year we saw excitement early on and it withered with the injuries and as the losses mounted. The players seemed like they knew they couldn't win with Driskel at the helm. And Marvin was out coached by KC and NO and the Hueless Browns. The team looked lost against those teams. Part of that was Austin.

I'm looking forward to beating Cleveland and Pittsburgh this year. If they could sweep them both I'd take that as an improvement.