Hey we lost a close one to a great team on their turf. Thankfully if there was a game we could afford to lose, today was it. There's a chance we can afford one more, but I wouldn't test that. Gotta win the next four, and I'm confident we can do that.
Twenty six points doesn't tell the whole story, you're ignoring the fact that the Packers offense was on the field for over thirty six minutes today, with Brady on the bench that duration. Not completely excusing the offense for today but asking them to score twenty eight points when on the field for twenty three minutes is a tall order even if it's a leaky D they're going against. You need possessions for decent odds at success, and those opportunities were limited considerably. No turnovers either or big plays on ST's. You can't just look at total points and absolve those guys, defense definitely needs to be held responsible for that dispairty in TOP. Twenty six points is okay if you can force some turnovers and get your HOF QB more opportunites, but in the manner it was given up today, that's not good enough.
Still I agree we could have ran the ball more, wasn't happy with the overall play selection or failing to involve Gray more. Two big mistakes on the coach's end. Key breakdown in pass protection and poor pocket presense by Brady on the biggest offensive play. Like I said offense could have been better, but I still place more blame on D and not getting off the field most of the day.
As I mentioned earlier, not too concerned with this loss. I am concerned with the pass rush, one more game like this in January where we can't generate anything whatsoever and it's likely we come up short of the ultimate goal for the tenth straight time. Inability to generate turnovers or stops, keeping Brady on the sidelines and off rhythm, pretty much been a central theme in alot of playoff losses.
