Kid was clutch
It was fun to see how upset, worried, concerned and negative people got in the first half. Sure we were playing sluggish, not many positives, but let's not jump to conclusions. Especially with the complaints about play calling and the "Ponder sucks" sentiments. Already?
There are many positives to take away from this game even though we barely won at home against a team that sucked balls last year. On paper we played real "solid."
Let's start with Christian Ponder, his numbers were nice. 20-27 for 270 yards, no INTs but no TDs. He also fumbled once on a nice fumble hit from behind. I'll take it. He showed poise in the 2nd half and completed some nice passes. He also spread the ball around to 3 receivers, the TEs and RBs.
How about WALSH!
What else? Well aside from giving up that Janky late touchdown that would deflate ANY team (thanks Chris) We showed resolve, heart, poise. These are cliche sentiments but that's football. Opportunities, guy is open, do we have protection? Do we make the good throw? Does he catch it? All sounds so simple when those over paid assholes on TV say "nice throw and catch" but it's actually pretty complicated in real time. We had 4 WRs against a zone when PONDER hit DEVIN AROMA in the seem. Nice play, in the clutch.
We all went from "OH no here we go again!?" to "WHAT! YEAH BITCHES" in 20 seconds. This game is so rooted in momentum it's almost annoying.
I peeped C. Cooks twitter after the game to see how he'd handle his one bad play. I liked his response.
But it's nothing to handling assault charges, which he handled well. Sometimes off field shit can mature a player... make them appreciate things better, try harder. Watch him get a pick 6 against LUCK. Why not?
Here's my "glass half full glass half empty" point of the week. People will say "Yo, Crom, we didn't get any sacks from our D Line though.. wtf?"
True
But we still won. So imagine when we get 5? We'll win by 10.
Ima leave this short and sweet... This was about feelings. We're all feeling optimistic right? Positive at least. We're in the top half of the league right now, and it feels good haha.
One and Oh- we missed you!
But not as much as we missed this...
How about WALSH!
BALLS
What else? Well aside from giving up that Janky late touchdown that would deflate ANY team (thanks Chris) We showed resolve, heart, poise. These are cliche sentiments but that's football. Opportunities, guy is open, do we have protection? Do we make the good throw? Does he catch it? All sounds so simple when those over paid assholes on TV say "nice throw and catch" but it's actually pretty complicated in real time. We had 4 WRs against a zone when PONDER hit DEVIN AROMA in the seem. Nice play, in the clutch.
We all went from "OH no here we go again!?" to "WHAT! YEAH BITCHES" in 20 seconds. This game is so rooted in momentum it's almost annoying.
I peeped C. Cooks twitter after the game to see how he'd handle his one bad play. I liked his response.
But it's nothing to handling assault charges, which he handled well. Sometimes off field shit can mature a player... make them appreciate things better, try harder. Watch him get a pick 6 against LUCK. Why not?
Here's my "glass half full glass half empty" point of the week. People will say "Yo, Crom, we didn't get any sacks from our D Line though.. wtf?"
True
But we still won. So imagine when we get 5? We'll win by 10.
Ima leave this short and sweet... This was about feelings. We're all feeling optimistic right? Positive at least. We're in the top half of the league right now, and it feels good haha.
One and Oh- we missed you!
But not as much as we missed this...
Welcome Back A P !!
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