I've waited 2 days mostly because i had fun watching that game on sunday, but i think it's time to temper our enthusiasm a bit.
we've now won 2 games against possibly the two of the 4 worst teams in the league, proving we're not the worst team but little else.
All of Fitz's great games have come against some down right atrocious defenses (with one exception being Baltimore;which is the 10th ranked pass defense, good but not amazing).. if you remember Losman had a pretty strong streak once upon a time against some downright dreadful defenses a few years ago...
Thats not to say Fitz is like Losman (i think Kyle Orton is a better comparison), just something to keep in mind.
In the league this year scoring and passing offensive numbers are way up (probably due to the new helmet to helmet rules), for all our offensive acumen, we're still bottom 1/3 in pretty much every offensive stat.
Our defense is still stunningly bad.
We're 2-8 and only play 2 teams with a losing record the rest of the season (one of which, the Browns, owns us and has been playing pretty good these last few weeks).
The Bengals had just 1 starter in the DBs playing in the 2nd half, and only 4 healthy DBs on their bench for the 2nd half.. poo-poo their problems all you want but i highly doubt we roll them in the 2nd half if they don't lose most of their DBs in the first.
I hope this last game means we've turned the corner, but i can't help but remember Losman's one good season...
we've now won 2 games against possibly the two of the 4 worst teams in the league, proving we're not the worst team but little else.
All of Fitz's great games have come against some down right atrocious defenses (with one exception being Baltimore;which is the 10th ranked pass defense, good but not amazing).. if you remember Losman had a pretty strong streak once upon a time against some downright dreadful defenses a few years ago...
Thats not to say Fitz is like Losman (i think Kyle Orton is a better comparison), just something to keep in mind.
In the league this year scoring and passing offensive numbers are way up (probably due to the new helmet to helmet rules), for all our offensive acumen, we're still bottom 1/3 in pretty much every offensive stat.
Our defense is still stunningly bad.
We're 2-8 and only play 2 teams with a losing record the rest of the season (one of which, the Browns, owns us and has been playing pretty good these last few weeks).
The Bengals had just 1 starter in the DBs playing in the 2nd half, and only 4 healthy DBs on their bench for the 2nd half.. poo-poo their problems all you want but i highly doubt we roll them in the 2nd half if they don't lose most of their DBs in the first.
I hope this last game means we've turned the corner, but i can't help but remember Losman's one good season...
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