I agree a win is a win, but what did we demonstrate today? Our offense can put us in a great position to win by giving us a 3 possession lead going into the half, yet still have the propensity to give the momentum right back to the opposition. The team tends to shift into neutral after wards and let the opposition cruise back in it. Refer back to the regular season game last season against the Panthers, which we lost, and the NFC Championship game, which we won but didn't do anything until the final drive to seal the deal.
This team gets too full of itself and starts loafing around in all facets of the game. In the 2nd half, Kurt was off target and checking off run plays to pass plays, receivers all of a sudden had a case of the dropsies, penalties started floating around, and the defense.....well.....same song and dance. This team needs to learn how to step on a team's throat once they have a big lead like that. We played maybe 35 minutes of 110% effort and decided that's enough. Fortunately, we caught a good break with the DRC pick-6 and the superb goal line stand; however, this sort of play isn't going to work against upper echilon teams, such as the Giants and surely won't work in the playoffs.
What I am happy about is that the players are taking the results of this game seriously, as well as the coach. They knew that they were inches away from a possible defeat and a total team collapse. Perhaps, they will limit their mistakes and start playing like the high power offense that we're used to. I'm very hopeful of this.
