Originally posted by Scooper1:
I don't understand how people don't understand that tartt carries a lot of the blame. Haha. It was a can of corn pop fly with 9:50 left. We were up 17-14 and the Rams scored after the dropped pick. An interception at the time changes the entire flow and psychology of the game. It puts the defense on the sidelines resting up for the next series rather than on the field getting more reps. It gives the offense a psychological boost running on the field knowing the cam out the game away. It changes Kyle's mind set when calling plays. It puts the rams defense back on the field causing them to have that many more reps for the end of the game. There are 1 to a handful of plays in playoff games that creates the flow of the game and that was one of them. You can point to deficiencies on every unit during that game including the Qb but to deny that that dropped interception didn't have massive repercussions on the remainder of the game is laughable.
I agree it definitely would've given the offense a boost but idk the offensive line was not playing good. Would've been hard to move the ball. I'm not denying it didn't have massive repercussions to the remainder of the game but I also won't solely blame the loss on a dropped interception. They had a few more possessions to move the ball and score. Kyle should've called better plays and gave the ball to Deebo more. Jimmy also should've thrown to his receivers that he missed downfield. Maybe the interception would've led to a more efficient drive or two and closing out the victory but alas it is what it is.
