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Kony Ealy, Josh Norman, TD, Luke, and that Defense...

Wundrbread33

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Thank you guys for killing it last night. 

That last TD was bullshit. You guys held them to less than 200 yards. Only gave up field goals. Ealy balled out and was nearly as effective as Von Miller. Josh shut down Thomas all game. TD is the toughest player in team history, and he a Kuechly came to play. Even McClain: I know he gave up some passes, but considering the situation he was in at the end of the season, I applaud his effort down the stretch.

I'm proud of this team for their year, but I hope we all recognize how amazing this defense was last night. Their performance will be lost because of our loss, but I'll remember what they did.

Keep Pounding baby.

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11 minutes ago, Wundrbread33 said:

Even McClain: I know he gave up some passes, but considering the situation he was in at the end of the season, I applaud his effort down the stretch.

I can't wait to see how he does with an off season to work with. He may not be a legit starter next year, but if he continues to improve like he has throughout the playoffs, he'll contribute.

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This playoff run showed us where we have some great depth, and some challenges.  That's for sure!  It's also why I feel good about next year.  Maybe not undefeated, but I think another strong year isn't out of the question.  If we play at a high level, we could head to the next SB too.

But that's a long way away.

I am very happy with our how Defense played.  Man, they were really great!

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Other than not forcing two turnovers inside the Denver 5 and scoring on one of them, our defense was every bit as good as theirs.  If our offense had managed to achieve nothing more than having zero turnovers and our special teams didn't crap the bed we would have won.  Oh well, theres always 2028.

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55 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

This is probably what hurts the most. The defense played well enough to absolutely deserve a ring. If we had even gotten a D+ effort from the offense, we would have won. They couldn't even manage a D+ though.

I totally agree but damn.  It seemed like every opportunity they gave us was taken away by some BS call.  Every single decent field position we had. Gone

The way it felt to me was as long as we had poor starting position the refs let it play.  Every opportunity that we had to score ended up with some BS call.

Anyways I will get over this. 

Kony and the rest of the defense kept us in the game and with 6 minutes I thought we were going to pull it out.

Sadly we didn't

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