Looking at the 2018 season:
- We had three "close wins" at home over the Texans ( 7 point margin in week 1) ,the Chiefs (3 point margin in week 6), and @ Chicago (7 point margin in week 7). And one could argue that these margins were made closer by a 4th quarter surge in scoring.
- Otherwise, in all of our other 9 wins including the Charger playoff game...we won by a margin of at least 12 points.
- Then there are the 5 road losses:
@JAX week 2: Lost by 11....we were still in the game midway thru the 3rd before wilting in the heat. I attribute it to early season struggles.
@DET week 3: Lost by 16....we were still in the game at the half...but simply didn't play a good game and lost. I attribute it to early season struggles plus facing our former coordinator.
@TEN week 10: Lost by 24...this one concerns me the most because we simply showed up FLAT...and go thoroughly outclassed that day. Must have been looking ahead to the BYE.
@Mia week 14: Lost by 1...the defense blew it by allowing the Fish to score 28 prior to that fateful play, IMO. Limit one of those TD's to a figgie..and we have HFA.
@PIT week 15: Lost by 7. The offense only put up 10 points! And 7 on a big play on the first 2-3 offensive snaps. We played at least 50 more minutes and only put up 3....yet...we were one stupid Brady throw away and a stalled drive away from tying that one up...oh well.
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Hard to say where this team was all year....the only thing that concerns me was the lack of concentration down in Tennessee. I can live with things like
@Mia/@PIT as well as the early season struggles. I am scared of another@TEN performance....this team plays well when they are consistent in everything....unsure how this team plays if they get punched in the mouth again which they probably will in KC in the 1st quarter...