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No kidding. Every time it seemed like Willis would bring us back into the game, the coaches decided to keep it away from him for the next half hour. Incompetence? Trying to be too clever? Who knows. These coaches have lost me.

Yes, he's very good at giving high fives to guys on the sideline as they come off the field...

5 rushes on the first drive, 25 yards. 3 rushes the remainder of the first half. Good example in the second half: Willis carries on first down for 14 yards. What next? Pass - SACK QB Draw? Pass - SACK PUNT This is absolutely ridiculous.

Do you think he sees the irony in signing autographs at a horror show?

Are you kidding? The game plan was perfect. We just didn't execute.

They will say it wasn't a real road test since it didn't take place in New Orleans. A real road victory won't happen until they beat a team on the road in their own home town.

I think he knew that. I thought the problem was lack of cowbell?

78-22. Yahoo Unless you meant the votes by each senator...

All I needed to know about this thread was in the title: "Is Florio right?" 'Nuff said.

Dude, you're preaching to the choir. "Payback" was meant figuratively, as in "I'd better not trash the Saints this week, cause payback's a B word."

Something which Delay, right now, could probably attest to.

Nonsense. The man hsa enough size and speed for the middle. Move Fletcher to OLB and pop Peters in the middle. Opponents rushing yardage will plummet.

Don't worry, I'm sure he will.

What did you think of refereeing? I've been toying with this idea for a while now, maybe one year I'll actually get off my ass and do it.

I actually think the coaches have done a semi-decent job using JP to set up the run game. Having the guy throw a few middle to deep patterns has helped keep the 8th man out of the box so far, giving Willis some running room (I didn't catch the Bucs game, so I can't comment on that one). Problem is, the kid isn't hitting those patterns. Unless he starts shaping up, opposing defenses aren't going to give a crap and stick 8 in the box regardless. It's only going to get tougher until JP shows he is capable of hitting enough passes, even against single coverage, to pull that safety back.

I'm still in it, but I predicted a 3 game winning streak starting this week. I'm not so sure about that anymore...

Given the way the game played out, this is so wrong. We lost the game by one touchdown and a two-point conversion. We were never down by very much in this one. We were running the ball extremely well throughout the game and there was never any reason to abandon the running game, even into the fourth quarter of this one. I think the fact that we were still in it in the fourth quarter, despite a QB passing for less than 100 yards, speaks a lot about what was happening out there.

What's this "defense" people keep talking about??

Timmy was in there. I'm pretty sure I saw him as Atlanta was driving for the figgie right before the half. The drive that started at their own 10.

Ah, gotcha.

...and?

Isn't that worth something? Yeah, let's pile on JP and the O-line, but that's a very respectable number. I'd go so far as to say if we rush for that many yards in 10 games, we win 8 or 9 of them. JP will get his feet under him. He has to.

For you, the dinner should be rettata.

Personally, I thought Crowell did a man's job filling in during the time he was out there in the last game. Definitely an improvement over the week before. I think with considerably more practice time with the first team, he may be able to hold his own. Problem is, we need more from our defense than just 'holding their own'. We need playmakers, like TKO.

I can take the losses...I can take the poor defensive play...I can even take the JP struggles... But this injury to Spikes is just a huge punch in the gut, and it's killing me. If he recovers to become a shell of what he was, just like Cowart, I'll be so tremendouly disappointed. That's it for jerseys for me. First Winfield, now Spikes. From now on, only retired or dead people.