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This team is bad, they are making the mistakes that bad teams make. The game plan is good, but the in game decision making is not.
It usually comes down to the mistakes coming from both sides and the best players winning. Examples:
- In the Dolphins game, the Harris fumble was a “big mistake” but right before that Tua made a reprehensibly poor decision and threw an interception.
- In the Bucs game, the Bucs made tons of mental mistakes and unforced errors. They likely win the game with a first down with under two minutes but instead call two end-zone passes, the second which is dropped by AB.
- In the Texans game, again both teams made numerous mental errors down the stretch, but the losing team’s mistakes always stand out. On the Patriots final drive on 3rd and 18, the Texans got a roughing the passer penalty.
- In the Cowboys game, on the Cowboys final drive in regulation, the Cowboys OL got a holding penalty which would make it 2nd and 20 and then lost his mind with an unsportsmanlike penalty which made it 3rd and 25 instead.
Another great example is in week 1, I watched the Bucs-Cowboys. The Bucs had the game basically sealed and Godwin fumbled at the one yard line. Ultimately, the Bucs were able to hold the Cowboys to 3 points and then win on a walk off field goal. In the Patriots-Dolphins game, Harris fumbled with 3:18 left and the Patriots trailing by 1 with 3 timeouts. They lost, so therefore their loss is chalked up to “a mistake” but both teams made mistakes, and in another game that situation happened and the team still won.