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Message: [QUOTE="pattycuse, post: 1977963, member: 256"] A truly ugly game but with the only outcome that mattered. Observations: 1) What a difference having a healthy Sammy Watkins makes. It was perfectly obvious what the Jags were doing- load the box against Shady and have Tyrod beat them with his arm. That deep ball in the second half was HUGE- it really loosened things up, although admittedly the Shady TD run happened before that IIRC. With Sammy we have hope... 2) Losing Darby is crushing, and he has only been adequate this year. Talk about a revolving door in the secondary. I wasn't crazy about our chances this weekend before but now I am really concerned...unfortunately we just don't have any remaining cornerback or safety depth. 3) That 4th down hard count with EJ followed by a timeout & punt is one of the many reasons why I think Rex just doesn't get it. In a tight game those are GOLD- and to have your opponents bite they need to think there is a real chance that EJ is going to take the snap. I just don't understand the thinking or logic of that sequence... 4)...that said, the 4th down conversion with Jonathan Williams in the first half was a thing of beauty. LOVED rolling the dice there, especially after the big punt return and coupled with the fact that our offense was atrocious to that point. I remember Williams running wild at Arkansas his junior year and continue to feel that he can help this team, especially with Gilleslee out. Next two weeks are critical...need to find a way to keep winning, even if they are ugly. Unfortunately I just don't know if 10-6 is good enough...at least we have the opportunity to deal important losses to wild card competitors like the Steelers & Dolphins @ home. But with how good the AFC West is this year, anything less than 11-5 is a huge gamble. [/QUOTE]

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