I noticed that we are in a lot of games at the end of the 3rd quarter that end up losing, and some end up looking like blow outs. Was wondering if some better football minds than me could put some perspective on this?
Examples at end of 3Q:
GB 17 NYG 13
Cowboys 16 NYG 15
Jets 24 NYG 27
Lions 24 NYG 19
Patriots 21 NYG 14
every week
And it seems, every other team make adjustment at halftime....to seperate themselves....and pull away for the win.
Which is squarely on the coaches
Give the illusion that you are competitive. The team favored to win takes you lightly for a while.
But when the better team is ready to put you away, it happens 90/95% of the time and they get their KO.
You can always say you were "in" the fight if it goes into the 9th or 10th round. But did you really believe you were going to win? No.
Did you give the opponent any reason to truly make them worry? No.
At no point in the game yesterday did the Giants make the Packers believe they would lose. They weren't under duress.
It's the only thing I can compare it to. I see it in boxing a lot.
It should also be noted that some of these scores could have been better for the Giants had the team been more disciplined. There was no excuse at all for the Giants not to be in control of the second Cowboys game, for example.
Teams that are coached by Pat Shurmur get blown out and come to the podium armed with excuses.
The other team drives no problem, takes few risks, maybe they get a hold and stall a drive. No problem. Sooner or later we blow a coverage, we miss a tackle, we commit the killer penalties, and they take or expand the lead and leave us behind to press, give up turnovers, and give up sacks.
a. inexperienced QB play when the game is on the line
b. exhausted pass rushers and poor DL depth
c. problems in coverage, both LBs and DBs
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