We can complain about the refs, but there were some inexcusable penalties that we committed, lining up in the neutral zone, not once but TWICE!! This was not jumping offside, this was, i can't see where the ball has been placed and i will not lineup on the defensive side of the ball.
Sheard was holding, i have no issue with the penalty being called on us, even though i was pissed at the fact, it was the right call.
Hairston's illegal contact call, was another stupid play it was 2nd or 3rd and 26 or something like that.....let him make the catch if you want, don't get called for a penalty that will give an automatic first down.
The Chester Rogers drop in the endzone was not great, and Luck could easily have run for the first down, but it was a pretty poor throw, Rogers was WIDE open. The Luck throw to Hilton on the right sideline that was almost picked, was another truly dreadful pass. He was also wide open and floated the ball to him giving the safety the chance to come over, and he ought to have picked the ball off.
Our interior OL, which people have been saying has been good at run blocking, was generally abysmal today. I accept that the Eagles DL is the best against the run, but you do have to have some success. Our RB's ran a total of 11 times for 37 yards, which is less than stellar, but you do need to actually stick to the run game, especially with the weather conditions that this game was played in. I thought that the offensive gameplan throughout was really poor. We kept leaving ourselves in 3rd and long situations, which is something that we were not doing the first two game of the season.
The defense actually had another really good game overall. The offense can not leave them out there for 40 minutes though.
I don't think that we can have a worse offensive game again though, so should be looking up for the rest of the season.
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