
Originally Posted by
M_I_A
It comes down to us not shooting ourselves in the foot. That's been the difference in a lot of these games against top teams.
Special Teams blunders have been game changing. 2 against the Patriots the first go around with Fields not being able to get a hand on the ball and punt it, and then us roughing their punter. You can't give the ball back to the Patriots after stopping them.
2 against the 49ers, muffed a punt on our 5 yard line, 9ers take over right inside the 10. Punt the ball deep, stopped on the one, walked into the endzone, 9ers take over on the 20.
But with that said, we were still in the game. Single possession deficits in the 4th against both teams, both considered Super Bowl contenders. That's why I take a positive outlook. Things like that we can fix. We have a young team, we'll learn.