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Besides for the big Mixon run. 3rd and 4th and short are still a serious problem. Some of it might be play calling some of it is the line, A dominant line can bail out play calling though.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(09-16-2022, 05:43 PM)casear2727 Wrote: "Protecting players from injury only makes sense if you win."  Lol, what an odd comment.

Collins wasnt ready to play in any preseason games, nor was Burrow.

The oline and Joe did much better in the 2nd half.

True.

It just put us in a tough spot when Carman didn't play well and got covid so we had to start a rookie.

Volson also played much better in the 2nd half and a lot of it was against Cameron Heyward which is very encouraging.

(09-16-2022, 07:53 PM)tms Wrote: I see what you're saying but there are no must-wins in Week 2. You can't get to the playoffs without winning games, that much is true. But there's a long way to go. 

At this point we can afford this loss, a long way to go is an understatement. We have 5 more AFCN games and lots of AFC 
games to right this ship. We will see how we bounce back, expecting it to be big with Burrow having such a terrible first half,
Zac and Brian's poor play calling in the playbook and Trey Hendrickson matching up against a raw LT this Sunday.

It is setting up nicely for a big day for both of these phases of the game. ST's needs to step up though.

Dallas still has a formidable ST's group and we had some bad plays on ST's against the stealers.