LBs were a pleasant surprise
DBs were really good considering scheme, possession time, and their talent depth. Their QB is a 1st rounder
OL pass pro was very good. Run blocking hit and miss. Really not all on them, play calling and injury problems. The penalties were a problem. Even in GA, we should be better
I don’t think Book was bad. Yeah, not perfect but he’s not why we lost.
Need more Claypool
Kmet is Gronk.
DL held up well. Their isn’t a bigger challenge for them this season. We seemingly were sand bagging a little with scheme and personnel leading to the game. I’m not worried about any level of the defense other than depth
Finke had a rough night
Love the special teams. Punter and Kicker I think have allayed the fears we had
Bottom line. We are much better than most thought. You can’t make that many mistakes, lose the turnover battle, play on the road against all that talent AND get approximately zero calls from the refs and expect to win..
This isn’t a moral victory as much as puts people on notice that we are not going anywhere. Not sure what our ceiling is, but tonight wasn’t it. Let a great opportunity slip through our fingers.
Most importantly I think this probably helps national perception and we will probably only slide a little in the polls. I know it’s not everything, but it matters to the media, recruits and has an effect on the playoff rankings. Now just take care of business and we’ll be fine. We can play with anybody.