Im optomistic about this years team but...

TheOak · 08-26-2014, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Barry from MS

I totally expect a Jets-type game this year considering we have a pretty dang good team, and then we all have a nuclear meltdown on this site when it happens.

Even good-to-great teams lay at least one 'Road Turd' per season. It happens...we'll have one of our worst games while that home team plays out-of-its-head. Luckily we have a great HC and a great DC and one of the best QBs to ever play this game to help us rebound.

My 2014 Road Turd prediction? @ Cleveland. They have a below average QB with a pretty dang good all-around defense plus their Special Teams are pretty good, too. Our Special Teams will be the chili fries & malt liquor that causes us to crap ourselves in our sole 2014 Road Turd.

I have a different logic for 2014, lets hope it pans out.

We have injected enough new and or different blood on both sides of the ball that we will not take a siesta one Sunday. Perhaps Byrd and Bailey can seed some cold weather tolerance into our defensive backs. This is Cooks and the rest of our draft picks first year so nothing is a "home game" until next year. Cooks also played in Oregon and should be accustomed..

The cold hurts old athletes, getting younger may help that.

Barry from MS · 08-26-2014, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by TheOak

I have a different logic for 2014, lets hope it pans out.

We have injected enough new and or different blood on both sides of the ball that we will not take a siesta one Sunday. Perhaps Byrd and Bailey can seed some cold weather tolerance into our defensive backs. This is Cooks and the rest of our draft picks first year so nothing is a "home game" until next year. Cooks also played in Oregon and should be accustomed..

The cold hurts old athletes, getting younger may help that.

@ CLE is September 14th, so cold weather shouldn't be the deciding factor, although this has been one jacked-up year for weather forecasting and it could be a freakin' blizzard that day.

I like your rationale about injecting Bailey & Byrd for the DBs to provide leadership in preventing a Sunday siesta, and I like the fact that those 2 are more than accustomed to cold weather, outdoor games (cold weather, outdoors...wow, that was profound...I'm an idiot).

Anyways, Payton's teams have shown in the past with taking at least one Sunday siesta against an inferior team home or on the road...let's hope this year that doesn't cost us home field or for that matter a division championship. And help us all if it costs us a playoff spot...this site will melt down and we'll be pulling people off of bridges.

If we manage to avoid the trap games and win the games we're supposed to win by a good margin, it's a credit to the level of concentration this coaching staff has gotten this talented group of players.

Coordinator McMahon excluded, of course. He is an idiot.

08-26-2014, 07:01 AM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: Im optomistic about this years team but... Originally Posted by Barry from MS I totally expect a Jets-type game this year considering we have a pretty dang good team, and then we all have a nuclear meltdown on this site when it happens. Even good-to-great teams lay at least one 'Road Turd' per season. It happens...we'll have one of our worst games while that home team plays out-of-its-head. Luckily we have a great HC and a great DC and one of the best QBs to ever play this game to help us rebound. My 2014 Road Turd prediction? @ Cleveland. They have a below average QB with a pretty dang good all-around defense plus their Special Teams are pretty good, too. Our Special Teams will be the chili fries & malt liquor that causes us to crap ourselves in our sole 2014 Road Turd. I have a different logic for 2014, lets hope it pans out. We have injected enough new and or different blood on both sides of the ball that we will not take a siesta one Sunday. Perhaps Byrd and Bailey can seed some cold weather tolerance into our defensive backs. This is Cooks and the rest of our draft picks first year so nothing is a "home game" until next year. Cooks also played in Oregon and should be accustomed.. The cold hurts old athletes, getting younger may help that. Danno and Barry from MS like this.

08-26-2014, 06:02 PM	#2
Barry from MS Site Donor 2014 Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEMPO VC Okefenokee Swamp Posts: 1,985 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Im optomistic about this years team but... Originally Posted by TheOak I have a different logic for 2014, lets hope it pans out. We have injected enough new and or different blood on both sides of the ball that we will not take a siesta one Sunday. Perhaps Byrd and Bailey can seed some cold weather tolerance into our defensive backs. This is Cooks and the rest of our draft picks first year so nothing is a "home game" until next year. Cooks also played in Oregon and should be accustomed.. The cold hurts old athletes, getting younger may help that. @ CLE is September 14th, so cold weather shouldn't be the deciding factor, although this has been one jacked-up year for weather forecasting and it could be a freakin' blizzard that day. I like your rationale about injecting Bailey & Byrd for the DBs to provide leadership in preventing a Sunday siesta, and I like the fact that those 2 are more than accustomed to cold weather, outdoor games (cold weather, outdoors...wow, that was profound...I'm an idiot). Anyways, Payton's teams have shown in the past with taking at least one Sunday siesta against an inferior team home or on the road...let's hope this year that doesn't cost us home field or for that matter a division championship. And help us all if it costs us a playoff spot...this site will melt down and we'll be pulling people off of bridges. If we manage to avoid the trap games and win the games we're supposed to win by a good margin, it's a credit to the level of concentration this coaching staff has gotten this talented group of players. Coordinator McMahon excluded, of course. He is an idiot. TheOak and Schmohams like this.
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