Originally posted by goldlame2013:
Can the season be nailed to one phrase, "We forgot who we are". We are all about the run. We about the grind, complementary football. The first games of the season we forgot that.
It's a mixed bag.
#1 The defense wasn't playing anywhere close to how they've been playing the last couple of games. That changes things.
#2 Unless the level of defense steps goes up yet another notch vs. better competition, this method of football isin't going to realistically take us all the way, and the HC has been trying to change that.
I don't think he sacrificed games earlier in the year for not incorporating this brand of ball. That makes for a good storyline that reassures us of our team, but the reality is lately we've been playing better. It happens. Don't overdo it and get some nostalgic ideas that it's 2019 all over again.