6 Ways from Sunday

[bigdavis]

(previously posted at the end of Don't Panic, where it was too late to be seen)

 

DESPITE  ALL of these things being true --

1) not going for it on 4th and 1, first series;

2) Moore's 3 costly mistakes, and three turnovers;

3) Samuel only getting 3 snaps;

4) questionable (!) play selection on the last 3 passes, with time outs left. and only 5 yds to go for a 1st;

5) Defense again allowing too many 3rd conversions, to an inferior team;

6) any other hot take blame that one can think of -----

WE STILL ALMOST PULLED OUT THE WIN.

Here are 6 counter-thoughts which might yield some optimism to offset 'the sky is falling', 'fire all the coaches', 'Cam choked' rhetoric:

1) Thomas Davis (62 snaps) and Greg Olsen (59 snaps) are back, survived the game, and played well. We can only do better with them in the lineup;

2) Washington got the crap beat out of them the previous week, showed nothing, and had all their fans screaming for Gruden's head.  Yet the Redskins rebounded with spirit, and eked out a win over a better team.  We can (and have many times in the past,) do the same.  Pro teams have pride, and tend to bounce back from tough losses;

3) Moore will learn how to protect the ball.  He is a rookie, but he is not stupid.  As Olsen said after the game, "The only guys who don't make mistakes are the ones who don't play."  The coaches and Cam showed him they still had confidence in him, after his gaffes.  He'll respond to that;

4) Despite being down 17, the team didn't quit, and was one play away at the end to overcoming that deficit;

5) Miss Penny, the sky is NOT falling.  To read a lot of reactions, we have a losing record, and there goes the season, Rivera's on the hot seat, etc.  To the contrary, we're 3-2, and only TWO teams in the Conference have a better record than that, to date.

6) We lost a game.  Crap happens. You clean it up.

[uncfan888]

The coach blamed the weather for that performance

[RumHam]

Another "acceptance" post after extreme denial the following day. These should be called 24 hours from Sunday

[bigdavis]

6 hours ago, RumHam said:

Another "acceptance" post after extreme denial the following day. These should be called 24 hours from Sunday

Sorry, but I'm late in answering you, because I just got home.  Could you explain what you meant -- I really have no idea.  How is it an "acceptance post" (and what does that mean , exactly, anyway?)  I'm only attempting to show some optimism in the face of so much negativity.  You may differ, but it's just my opinion.

[iamhubby1]

6 hours ago, RumHam said:

Another "acceptance" post after extreme denial the following day. These should be called 24 hours from Sunday

 

    Yeah, because there is no Statute of Limitation on snarky pessimism. 

[iamhubby1]

11 minutes ago, bigdavis said:

Sorry, but I'm late in answering you, because I just got home.  Could you explain what you meant -- I really have no idea.  How is it an "acceptance post" (and what does that mean , exactly, anyway?)  I'm only attempting to show some optimism in the face of so much negativity.  You may differ, but it's just my opinion.

 

    You have to know by now, that showing any level of optimism, is a sign of weakness to the "Burn it to the Ground" crowd.

 

    There are shiny new toys out there out shining us. And they just can't handle it. It is almost like their self worth is tied into the amount of wins the Panthers have.