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jermus22 · 10-31-2005, 04:16 PM

I would never give up on a season until we are officially eliminated from the playoff hunt. Like I said in another post, Gibbs teams have had bad offensive performances before and bounced back. Just look at the 1986 championship when New York shut us out 17-0. We came back the next season and won the Super Bowl. My concern rests with the defense. After showing incredible dominance last season despite multiple injuries, they haven't played up to standard this year. They were especially horrible last week against the run. And I think it actually started the week before against SF. Even though they played a solid game overall against a weak offense, they still managed to give up a 72 yard touchdown run late. Frankly, I've been worried about our run defense ever since Shaun Alexander broke off that 34 yard run in the second half of the Seahawks game. Injuries are no excuse. We played through them last year and we need to play through them again. It's time for our guys to show some backbone and bounce back from this disastrous game.

10-31-2005, 04:16 PM	#50
jermus22 Special Teams Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Frankfort, KY Age: 43 Posts: 336	Re: Season over? I would never give up on a season until we are officially eliminated from the playoff hunt. Like I said in another post, Gibbs teams have had bad offensive performances before and bounced back. Just look at the 1986 championship when New York shut us out 17-0. We came back the next season and won the Super Bowl. My concern rests with the defense. After showing incredible dominance last season despite multiple injuries, they haven't played up to standard this year. They were especially horrible last week against the run. And I think it actually started the week before against SF. Even though they played a solid game overall against a weak offense, they still managed to give up a 72 yard touchdown run late. Frankly, I've been worried about our run defense ever since Shaun Alexander broke off that 34 yard run in the second half of the Seahawks game. Injuries are no excuse. We played through them last year and we need to play through them again. It's time for our guys to show some backbone and bounce back from this disastrous game. __________________ Win it in the trenches.