Really, all I could come up with from that game yesterday was "we never gave up" and "Ponder looked decent after that pick-six".
It's terribly frustrating when we have so many fantastic players - Adrian Peterson, Jared Allen, Brian Robison, Kevin Williams, Kyle Rudolph, John Sullivan, Harrison Smith, etc etc. And rookies too - Cordarrelle Patterson, Xavier Rhodes and Sharrif Floyd are all kicking ass and taking names, despite some minor injuries!
What IS it we're doing wrong? The playcalling comes in for a huge portion of the blame, and some of the players are quitting here and there, which causes some crucial mistakes - see Chris Cook giving up on that last touchdown the Bears scored, and one or two of the WRs giving up on their routes leading to interceptions. But can that be IT? Adrian Peterson's fumble and Christian Ponder's INT were huge...but Peterson seems to have a banged up hand (should've carried it in the other one man) and Ponder's INT was a stupid bloody throw but not entirely his fault. Ponder DOES need to start scanning the field, noticing guys who GET open who weren't ALWAYS open, and to STOP STARING DOWN RECEIVERS!! Our receivers can't quit on their routes. We need to give Patterson some more touches. We need to stop running Peterson 3 times in a row and then getting a 3rd and 6 and not converting.
I don't know if we can go to the playoffs this year. I really don't, and this offseason, I thought we could. It's very upsetting. I hope I'm wrong and we streak through this season in a blaze of glory. But I just don't see how we'll do it if we don't get rid of these mental mistakes, STUPID penalties, and bad playcalling.
SKOL!!
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