Going for it on 4th down

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

I think he just believes his own genius combined with guys like Warren, JT, Pitt, and even Downs and AP, is effectively impossible to stop. Now, to me, it's like playing Black and Red at the roulette table- when you've been successful 12 in a row, well at some point you're streak is going to end so you have to lay back here and there. He pushed it too hard yesterday. That said, the team has to feel like a bunch of bullies when barring some bad shit, they are playing 4 downs to your 3. The confidence in that huddle has to be insane at this point.

To me, the last two games have unfortunately given the league a solid plan on how to somewhat slow us down (as others have pointed out- we still had a shit ton of yards and again went over 30 pts). It's all about selling out, especially on the edges, to hit DJ. 8 sacks in the first 8 games and 12 in the last 2, that is really fucked up! We have got to change up a couple things, DJ is not going to make it through the season getting hit like he has been.

Yes, the "solid plan" is to have several elite edge rushers and blitz like crazy, and then you're still giving up over 400 yards and 30 points if you don’t get crazy Tomlin bounces to go your way.