Ease up off the panic buttons!!!

[memphisskin]

We've lost two games we should have won which may come back and hurt us late in the season, I think we'll probably just miss out on a playoff spot because of these early mistakes. BUT, the offense is starting to come together and all things considered the defense played good enough to win. That was definitely not the case in years past, and our defense is winning playing sound fundamental football.

We were a third down pass to a blocking tight end away from getting the ball back before the 2 minute warning. That said, our defense has to force turnovers. And we really missed Arrington, he sets the tone for our defense. We were physical last night, but no big shots like Roy Williams had on Coles. Taylor had a couple of chances last night, but couldn't really gather himself and seemed afraid to really lay the wood down like he did on Chris Chambers. We need turnovers, Smoot had a pick stolen by an incredible effort from Antonio Bryant. And our special teams have to begin to be special, we need a big return to change field position instead of costly penalties forcing us into 1st and 25s.

But the signs of life are there. We'll see how we bounce back this week against Cleveland.