BlackSailsDawg
09-11-2022, 11:58 AM
This is the result of hard work. This is the result of buying in. Last season we were in close games because of mistakes. Some we won, some we lost. We didn't fold in any of those games, but the mistakes were not helped by stalled drives. We saw flashes of greatness in come backs to troubling losses due to missed FGs and bad calls.
What's the 2022 difference? We saw it last night. Horrible calls that threatened to put AZ back in the game. Remember on the goal line? Walley makes a great cut and is going to be open and Will throws a perfect pass. The defender was latched onto his jersey, pulling it. That pull helped him recover and threw Walley off enough to see the ball drop to the ground. The very next play, RaRa was the target and in the endzone, we saw the defender in a bear hug as if he had not seen his best friend RaRa in years. Replay clearly showed his left arm wrapped around him. His right, on the collar of RaRa's left shoulder. When the embrace was over, the defender released the hug, and pushed down on the collar of RaRa to jump up keeping RaRa lower. We kick FG.
We saw some moments of "here we go". Like a perfect pass to Ducking, the guy who caught a pass in the endzone with one hand and kept it in one hand while being tackled, simply not catch it and the result was an INT. What about the fumbles? Remember the Williams TD called back? What about that 15 yard penalty on a coach to give them the first down? What's the 2022 difference?
The in-between moments. We took care of business with authority on both sides. We executed better. And every time AZ acted like they wanted to get back into it, we took control. We didn't allow the mistakes nor the calls or lack of dictate to us, to get in our head. We put on our bigs and said, fine... let's get back to work! At no point did we have those dear in headlights moments. It was more of a "NOT TODAY!" We lost several of these type games last year. so far... 1-0 on them.
What's the 2022 Difference? Call it what you want. I call it "been there, done that, we ain't going back".
What's the 2022 difference? We saw it last night. Horrible calls that threatened to put AZ back in the game. Remember on the goal line? Walley makes a great cut and is going to be open and Will throws a perfect pass. The defender was latched onto his jersey, pulling it. That pull helped him recover and threw Walley off enough to see the ball drop to the ground. The very next play, RaRa was the target and in the endzone, we saw the defender in a bear hug as if he had not seen his best friend RaRa in years. Replay clearly showed his left arm wrapped around him. His right, on the collar of RaRa's left shoulder. When the embrace was over, the defender released the hug, and pushed down on the collar of RaRa to jump up keeping RaRa lower. We kick FG.
We saw some moments of "here we go". Like a perfect pass to Ducking, the guy who caught a pass in the endzone with one hand and kept it in one hand while being tackled, simply not catch it and the result was an INT. What about the fumbles? Remember the Williams TD called back? What about that 15 yard penalty on a coach to give them the first down? What's the 2022 difference?
The in-between moments. We took care of business with authority on both sides. We executed better. And every time AZ acted like they wanted to get back into it, we took control. We didn't allow the mistakes nor the calls or lack of dictate to us, to get in our head. We put on our bigs and said, fine... let's get back to work! At no point did we have those dear in headlights moments. It was more of a "NOT TODAY!" We lost several of these type games last year. so far... 1-0 on them.
What's the 2022 Difference? Call it what you want. I call it "been there, done that, we ain't going back".