Barry from MS

Couple of my Favorites in that "W" yesterday aside from the obvious of Brees, Ingram, Jordan, & Stills.

Toon - 2 Targets / 2 Catches. 1 TD & 1 Crucial 1st Down. Maybe this game will give both him and Drew confidence moving forward; we're gonna need him. Really good to see.

PRob - Shoulda had a Pick 6 and maybe another INT, but dude was in good position all day in coverage. Loved his break on the ball.

Lorig - Was giving this dude crap earlier in the week, so he must've been reading us trashing on him. His one catch he had a burst of speed and broke a LB tackle for the TD, and he made some good lead and seal blocks for Ingram & PT.

My GOATS

HAWTHORNE -- Garbage. Led the team in tackles, but so what? You know why? They ran it at him constantly because he cannot get off of a block until it's 5-7 yards down field if he gets off the block at all. Any offense will take that in a heartbeat. He is slow and is constantly exposed in the passing game. I am tired of watching him getting exposed in run defense and in pass defense.

KVac -- Not quite Garbage but getting there. Missed tackles are still piling up and the 2 personal fouls on the last drive of the game was just awful. He is becoming the flashing neon sign of an undisciplined butthole. Interception in the end zone was a huge play in this game, but his lapses in concentration and judgement the rest of the game was both sickening and scary.

Kick-Off Coverage -- UGH. We score a big TD. On the next kickoff, opposition takes the ball 43 yards to start at the 41 yard line. Sound familiar? Seems like this happens every game.

Overall, happy about going into Steeler Country and beating a 7-4 team outdoors after Thanksgiving. Should give this team some confidence. Most of the yardage given up was garbage time at the end of the game, so the secondary did a pretty good job overall in my opinion. A. Brown always gets his catches and yards, but he got held down and Bell didn't get his 100 yards rushing...but it's painfully obvious we need help covering RBs & TEs in the passing game.

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