At what moment this year did you know we weren't the same as 2015?

[Randolph Panther]

I have held out hope until last night but what was the moment in the season it was obvious we were no longer the 2015 team?  I guess for me it came in that Minnesota game when they took the second half kickoff and scored to take the lead and we lost.  Haven't psychologically recovered since. We started off that day on fire in the first quarter but then it all fell apart.  Just curious what everyone else thinks.

 

[bigdog10]

watching Matt Ryan and Julio Jones set records against us in week four was the moment I knew it. 

[SportsCrazie4172]

Tampa F*cking Bay..

[raleigh-panther]

Twice 

preseason game 3. Newton looked like he wanted to be anywhere other than bofa 

Opening game in Denver when Newton got his brains bashed in 4 times and the head coach said nothing the first time 

he can open his mouth apparently over a tie but can't say a word to officials about the lack of calls protecting his QB 

[truthjuice]

Denver. When Cam took that one shot that Greg had to go check and see if he was okay. I knew it. Nobody defended him in the organization but his teammates. That was when I had doubts. I knew for sure after the Atlanta game and Cam took the hit and Rivera said he would've taken the shot too. That did it for me. 

[zacka77ack]

I knew we were the SAME TEAM, and yet terrified for what this season held, when Shula brought the same playbook from the Super Bowl to the Season opener at Denver. It was a bad omen and it has been nothing but accurate so far this year.


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[SOJA]

When we imploded against the Vikings, the Vikings were a solid team but something felt off then. I can tell you the exact play when things started unraveling. It was a Fozzy run or screen that got called back because of a hold. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Third preseason game. That's the dress rehearsal game and we looked absolutely lost.

[Randolph Panther]

I had forgotten that third preseason game but you guys are right we did look god awful in that first half. Certainly couldnt move the ball at all.  

The whole second quarter of that Minny game so much poo happened that went against us when we could have put em away which eventually snowballed to Tampa Bay which led to us pressing that night which of course led to lots of bad mistakes that cost us the game.  

Its also amazing how kicking or a lack of kicking changed the season.  Missed FG against Denver, chip shot miss against TB to end half, blocked XP against Ok. which made us go for 2's.

 

[KillerKat]

Preseason. Confirmed after Minnesota. 

[Mr. Scot]

Never expected us to be the same as last year. Always figured we'd have a worse record.

Just didn't expect it to be this bad.

[cookinwithgas]

When we missed the FG at Denver after watching Cam get hit over and over, I just thought "well I have to guess that nothing is going to go our way this year at all, and you need that to win in this league".

[outlaw4]

14 minutes ago, SOJA said:

When we imploded against the Vikings, the Vikings were a solid team but something felt off then. I can tell you the exact play when things started unraveling. It was a Fozzy run or screen that got called back because of a hold. 

Would put us up 17 points but KB held when there was no reason to do so. That led to the sack safety which also left Oher with a concussion. Had that feeling that things were going to go against us this season.

Later on, many forgot that we made the Chiefs fumble on their last drive. Of course we can't recover to make that winning field goal but they did. 

[Davidson Deac II]

Started feeling a little nervous after the SF game, which we won, but looked horrible doing it.  Then the 1st saints game, when we laid a first half egg after looking so bad at Atlanta.  The Tampa game closed the lid on the season, and the KC game drove a nail in it.  

 

Fwiw, much of this season reminds me a lot of the first two under Rivera, where we played well enough to be close at the end, only to find a way to lose.