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pretty shitty for a coach to single out one player on a team full of underachievers.

His modus operandi of calling out the better players on the team baffles me. I get what he's saying that KB cannot be dropping those balls but he's a rookie and we can't put that much pressure on him. Where are the vets to step up?

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Some of you are so blinded by your hate for some and love for others it's sickening. Benjamin played mostly well. But his easy drop in the endzone was a HUGE, HUGE, Kelvin Benjamin-sized mistake that very well could have cost us the game.

If you're a coach and you believe that a game came down to one play then you are a bad coach. It is as simple as that. Games don't ride on one play. They don't ride on 5 plays. You' can, however, pin a loss on perpetually poor coaching and personnel decisions. Wonder whose shoulders get that portion of the blame.

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Some of you are so blinded by your hate for some and love for others it's sickening. Benjamin played mostly well. But his easy drop in the endzone was a HUGE, HUGE, Kelvin Benjamin-sized mistake that very well could have cost us the game.

You know, it's almost like Benji is a rookie and was being defended by the best CB of the last five years, while getting the ball slapped out of his hands.

But sure, let's blame the guy who did the most right on offense.

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So you are saying he didn't drop the pass and it wasn't a huge play?

I'm saying that he was defended against. If that's the one play that sticks out in your mind the most about the game, then you obviously have no recollection of what actually happened in the game yesterday.

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If you're a coach and you believe that a game came down to one play then you are a bad coach. It is as simple as that. Games don't ride on one play. They don't ride on 5 plays. You' can, however, pin a loss on perpetually poor coaching and personnel decisions. Wonder whose shoulders get that portion of the blame.

 

This.

 

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You know, it's almost like Benji is a rookie and was being defended by the best CB of the last five years, while getting the ball slapped out of his hands.

But sure, let's blame the guy who did the most right on offense.

 

This.

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