3-2 on the 5 game stretch

[Captain Morgan]

early in the season I was concerned about the 5 games we just played.  4 road games, and a home game vs. the Eagles, although at that time, I didn't think the Eagles would be that good.  I posted we should be happy with 3-2, especially considering games lost by Ryan, Luke, Greg and Kurt.

and here we are, 3-2 after 4 road games, including a division rival and the freaking Patriots.

yet somehow I'm so pissed we threw away the game at Chicago.  I know they have a good D, but our O played like crap, and on top of that we were unlucky.  So where do we stand at 5-3?

a half game out of first in our division, behind a Saints team that has won 5 in a row.  Falcons right behind us, and we host them Sunday (4 of our remaining 8 games are division rivals).  We should be 6-2, but we're 5-3 hosting a team that has beaten us 3 straight.  Maybe I should have considered it a 6 game stretch.  

We need to win this game, as much as I told myself 3-2 would be a good thing in the 5 game stretch, but we really do need to win this game.  Still, congrats to our D for carrying us to 5-3 in the first half of the season.

[LinvilleGorge]

That Chicago loss was just awful. Hope it doesn't end up biting us in the ass. 

But realistically, it really doesn't matter if we can't get this offense on track because we're not making any real noise in terms of being a true contender with the offense we're putting on the field right now. 

[Hoenheim]

Our offense is still massively struggling running the ball, and its crippling the entire flow of the offense, and Cams accuracy has been bad the last 2 games. Could be a nailbiter next Sunday , assuming the defense plays well. 

[Castavar]

We CANNOT drop another home division game or else our season is not looking good. Next week is a must win.

[I'm the Mike]

I'd be very interested to see us utilize a speed package every once in a while. Throw Samuel, Klay, and shepard out there. Keep CMC in as the back or kick him to the slot.

Haven't seen much of those deep post routes we use to give Ginn. If we do send a guy on a 9, its funchess and he doesn't have the top end speed.

[t96]

Should've been 5-0. Last week was a disaster against a bad team and we had multiple chances to beat the Eagles that game. When we beat the Falcons I'll be confident again.

[w280sax]

Honestly after the saints loss, I would have been happy with 3 and 2 in this stretch.  The loss in Chicago sucked but overall 5-3 with all the injuries to our stars, no running game, and no consistency in the passing game is better than it could be.

The defense just showed off against a good offense and our special teams was an actual advantage.

Hard to predict where we may go this year but we were 3-5 At this time last year.

[Shocker]

2 more games to the bye then Thor returns and its on!

BTW: baby steps but decent game today CSam.  Keep it up dog.

[TN05]

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That Chicago loss was just awful. Hope it doesn't end up biting us in the ass. 

But realistically, it really doesn't matter if we can't get this offense on track because we're not making any real noise in terms of being a true contender with the offense we're putting on the field right now. 

Denver seemed to overcome that in 2015.

[Randolph Panther]

We need these next three.  Atl, Mia, Jets

[pantherphan96]

1-1 in the division with home games against a truly awful TB team and a struggling Falcons team. Need to win another divisional road game for a good chance at the playoffs.

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Got to beat Atlanta next week...bears game still sucks

Yep.

Meanwhile, I still have nightmares of Julio Jones streaking down the field against us completely uncovered. 

[uncfan888]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep.

Meanwhile, I still have nightmares of Julio Jones streaking down the field against us completely uncovered. 

I do too, but if we play like we did today, we'll be ok. We can beat them

[Thanatos]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That Chicago loss was just awful. Hope it doesn't end up biting us in the ass. 

But realistically, it really doesn't matter if we can't get this offense on track because we're not making any real noise in terms of being a true contender with the offense we're putting on the field right now. 

Agreed with this at least. Even if we win the South, we won't go deep in the playoff unless some serious adjustments are made.