Excuses are a reason for not facing the truth. We lived by our offense and died by our offense.

Originally Posted by: packman82 

Excuses are a reason for not facing the truth. We lived by our offense and died by our offense.

Originally Posted by: packman82 

I just think our defense had an enourmous case of tiny nut syndrome all year. I expect them to come back very hungry next year. On offense, I think we are good to go even if Driver and Clifton retire. But next year McCarthy has to get more inventive with Cobb, but that weapon was underutilized. We have all the pieces in place to be very good for the long haul, but we lost this game by a team that was more hungry than we were.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Losing doesn't bother me much, losing because the team beat themselves does. I'd rather the Packers have played their A game and just came up short than them having eight drops and three turnovers.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Personally I am very disappointed in the WAY this team lost, not BECAUSE they lost. The one thing above all that disturbed me was the lack of fundamentals.

A successful team CANNOT miss tackles that lead to points the other way! After all this talk about them not being a team that beats themselves - well THEY DID!

Dropping key passes that keep drives alive and/or score points is unacceptable. Did they have their hands covered in grease?

Yet another thing I cannot stand is FUMBLING THE DAMN BALL! HOW CAN AN OFFENSE FUMBLE 3 TIMES IN ONE GAME?! That alone is alarming. Yes there are some moments where shit just happens, but this was pathetic.

When you simply get outplayed, it is hard to be overly upset about a loss. HOWEVER when you lose a game because these guys are throwing the fundamentals out the window, it is going to piss people off.

As my HS coach drilled into us "fundamentals win games"

Originally Posted by: hardrocker950 

Yeah, first team to win 15+ games and go 1 and out and the loss at home but honestly, its not like we're the Vikings or something that had a limited window. Who's old, Chuck and Driver? We're still a fairly young team with a QB in his prime. We'll be back.

Originally Posted by: RedSoxExcel 

The thing that is killing me right now is having to admit that Eli Manning is the real deal, I have been ragging on him for so many years, but he looked like a MVP out there.