The 1st half was great. The offense I saw in the 2nd half was the offense we've seen all year. If it not for the Defense, people might not be so forgiving to overlook a poorly executed 2nd half game plan.
Quite frankly, the offense played to not lose the game after halftime. I blame the players and staff.
I'm glad for the win, but let's be realistic. How many times have we seen this team play flat, uninspired and without fire. Make no mistake, we won, but the prevailing problems are still apparent.
Philbin proved this week that we are an uninspired team. We only play when called out or when we've positioned ourselves behind the 8 Ball off the field and on the field. This team still takes plays, series and halfs off. We cannot find a true winning way until some player on this team with fire in his gut starts making us play every snap with a desire to win a Super Bowl. Right now, only Moreno has shown that fire.
Last year we responded to Bully Gate and positioned ourselves for a playoff birth. Once the Bully Gate media attention faded, so did we.
Philbin sparks a controversy about his QB and his team executes flawlessly for the first half of a game. Once matters seem to be in hand, we let up.
The problem is still there. Enjoy the win everyone. It was nice to see us in the positive media for once and today was pretty good. Now we can go into the bye, lick our wounds, bolster our roster with returning difference makers (Moreno, Pouncey, Jordan and Jones) and regroup. But let's hope the fire is found by this team to completely change the fortunes of this team.
At the 1/4 way point in the season, I would like to give a shout out to Samson Satele and Daniel Thomas. Satele stabilized the line and allowed us to run our offense until Pouncey returns. And Daniel Thomas has played with desire, purpose and a competitive edge lacked in nearly his entire career previously. They stepped in and kept this team moving forward. Now, we're .500 and headed into a bye week. We've been without some major pieces up until now, installed a new offense, endured QB controversy and assembled a completely new offensive line in the first 4 weeks. Thanks for be professionals when we needed it.
Thanks to Branden Albert for anchoring this OL and being the best LT in the NFL. And a big thanks for showing us the very first Hug tackle in the NFL! That was hilarious!
Thanks to Ja'wuan James for being an absolute professional beyond years and solidifying the RT position from DAY 1.
I'd like to finish with saying Jarvis Landry needs to be taken off of special teams. Call LaMichael James and give him the KR/PR and 4th RB duties.