THE OG CANEPHINS
formally known as CANEPHINS
I will start this by saying it is the first time I have ever cried during and after a football game. Not sure if it will be the last time this happens but I am comfortable enough to admit this fact. Why? Because this was the first season opener without my dad who passed away a few months ago. Preseason didn't phase me much...because, well...it was preseason. Yesterday I was running full hot with emotions as it was the first game without dad and today is the 13th anniversary of my moms passing. Just a bad combo I guess. 
So on 4th an inches I was totally cool with going for it. Especially when we got to the LOS, all lined up, and Seattle was nowhere near ready. We should have quick snapped the ball, QB sneaked, and easily pick up 2 inches. Instead we check twice at the line, Seattle gets set and Landry blocks Chancellor right into Foster behind the line. Did taking those 3 off the board hurt us in the end? Probably. However, the Stills drop would have given us the win and Frank's line drive FG getting blocked would have evened out the 4th and inches call. Instead that was 10-17 points off the board. An easy win.
So again the defense let us down on a final drive. When Seattle converted that 4th and 4 you just knew they would end the game with a TD. They did.
When we scored the go ahead TD I lost it. I was overcome with emotion. I could see my dad sitting right there, slapping his leg and screaming "ALRIGHT!!!!" over and over before giving me a high five. All I could think was that this win was for him. The upset of all upsets. Then we pooped the bed, lost the game, and then I lost it again. This time because I just miss him and I couldn't call him to vent over the loss.
Just rough all the way around, but it also puts the game itself into perspective. We might not be as bad as we thought. We aren't as good as some had hoped. Still, we went toe to toe, in one of the toughest places to play, and almost beat the big bully. While the final drive by the defense looked like something out of the Philbin years the rest of the game showed me we are not the same team. There is hope and we could be trending in the right direction. We might not beat NE next week, but that doesn't mean we still can't climb this season. We just have to keep trending and hopefully we get some devine intervention along the way that didn't show up yesterday.
So on 4th an inches I was totally cool with going for it. Especially when we got to the LOS, all lined up, and Seattle was nowhere near ready. We should have quick snapped the ball, QB sneaked, and easily pick up 2 inches. Instead we check twice at the line, Seattle gets set and Landry blocks Chancellor right into Foster behind the line. Did taking those 3 off the board hurt us in the end? Probably. However, the Stills drop would have given us the win and Frank's line drive FG getting blocked would have evened out the 4th and inches call. Instead that was 10-17 points off the board. An easy win.
So again the defense let us down on a final drive. When Seattle converted that 4th and 4 you just knew they would end the game with a TD. They did.
When we scored the go ahead TD I lost it. I was overcome with emotion. I could see my dad sitting right there, slapping his leg and screaming "ALRIGHT!!!!" over and over before giving me a high five. All I could think was that this win was for him. The upset of all upsets. Then we pooped the bed, lost the game, and then I lost it again. This time because I just miss him and I couldn't call him to vent over the loss.
Just rough all the way around, but it also puts the game itself into perspective. We might not be as bad as we thought. We aren't as good as some had hoped. Still, we went toe to toe, in one of the toughest places to play, and almost beat the big bully. While the final drive by the defense looked like something out of the Philbin years the rest of the game showed me we are not the same team. There is hope and we could be trending in the right direction. We might not beat NE next week, but that doesn't mean we still can't climb this season. We just have to keep trending and hopefully we get some devine intervention along the way that didn't show up yesterday.
