3 Comeback Wins

[Jackofalltrades]

What started as Cam's biggest weakness, due to whatever the national media decides, seems to have become a strength.

That's not just 3...it's 3 in a fuging row. Cam has ice in his veins and the confidence now to put it to use. In SF he lead us to a game winning FG. Against NE he found Ginn and this week that freak starts the drive by having to convert a long 4th down deep in his own territory en route to making several clutch throws AND a TD to Greg Olsen to steal the win after a horrendous start...on the road.

I don't know that Cam has "arrived", but I do know that he's damn close. Meanwhile Luck...RG3...SMF...lulz.

[SuperJTheGreat]

RG3 is just terrible

[teeray]

Defense holds leads, Cam get 4QCs and GWDs.

Amazing how that works.

[bigskypanthersguy]

RGInt, damn you!

[Dex]

I'm not gonna lie, after the ARI game I was questioning certain people on this team and their ability to win games fug the close ones. I was really upset cause I loved the way the players looked up to Rivera. So thankful things turned around and we're not just winning games against bad teams but blowing them out and winning the close ones against good teams. We deserve this as a fan base. 8-3 feels great.

[Delhommey]

Rivera's improved more than Cam.

That, and the bounces are going more our way this year too. If Tannehill could throw a halfway decent deep ball we'd have been toast today.

[BIGH2001]

I hate the cards but I enjoy seeing Andrew Luck get his ass handed to him.

[Montie_0123]

I'll take them as they come but I prefer us not to be in these type of games brings to much stress lol!

[dugbug]

I like the win by 30 point games better.

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[teeray]

Just to be clear, it wasn't always on the defense when we lost close games.  There were plenty of opportunities for Cam that didn't happen as well.

 

But when people talk about "clutch", there have also been numerous times where we have taken the lead late and lost those games because the defense didn't hold those leads.  If they had, his career 4QC and GWDs would look a lot different.

[teeray]

Well, Seattle does come to mind. Still, our defense blew it against Kansas City, Dallas, Tampa, and Atlanta.

 

Chicago too.  Even after the pick 6 when Smitty fell down, we made a field goal late to take the lead.  Then Cutler ran about 5,000 slants in a row and kicked his own field goal.

[fieryprophet]

I'm glad we're winning the close games, and it does wonders for our team's confidence (which is by far the more important effect) but let me clear on this: there is no such thing in the sports world as "clutch."

 

Human beings have many wonderful traits, but also some glaring faults, and a combination of the two is that we're excellent at spotting patterns and trends, but the downside is we see patterns where none exist. That means we imagine that QB A who ends up succeeding one of their drives just because it happens to be the last one of the game gets viewed as clutch even if nothing else changed about the parameters of their performance.

 

So, I'm enjoying seeing some "clutch" play from Cam, but I'd much rather this team clean up their mistakes and get back to putting teams away early. Close games are not a recipe for continued success.

[JawnyBlaze]

It's like Carolina is just keeping games close now to prove they can. 4 blowouts and now 3 close games in a row. Me and my heart prefer the blowouts.

[Delhommey]

I think it has something to do with playing 4 teams playing crappy and then 3 teams that were playing well.