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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 2673107, member: 1423"] This is part of it. The shoulder ding presented an opportunity to give TD reps. The timing/injury were early, but I was ok with it. We were up 3 scores and Dino figured that we could drive at will. Hard to argue with that reasoning, at the time or in retrospect. The issue for me was ... letting TD stay in too long. A couple of series well into the 3Q would have been enough to let him "dig out" of adversity (the pocket broke down on him several times). Instead ... Dino let a first-half rout turn into a second-half contest. Our offensive rhythm disappeared. ED got frustrated. TD couldn't sustain drives and our impotent pass rush allowed Wassink-Eskridge to expose our secondary. In the end, however, Dino's confidence in our ED-led offense was vindicated. I can blame him for being too risky and making fans nervous, but not for being wrong. 55-42 (with a TD left on the table out of respect). [/QUOTE]