[TriangleTree]

Excellent thoughts Ohiocard and TriangleTree. A few quibbles, both related to the run game:

Filkins absolutely did not have a monster game. He had an admirable workhorse game (and I worry how sustainable his work load is). But you can't have among the worst ball security in the nation 

Fair enough, monster is unhelpful hyperbole and the fumbles were dreadful, but consider the expectations.
When I heard from Troy Clardy about the state of our offensive line I thought we were burnt toast, and yet we were able to consistently get runs of 3-5 yards on first and second down and dominate time of possession. 
We're nowhere within winning this game without a running game that they needed to respect and that's exactly what him and the offensive line gave us.
I concede workhorse is the much better descriptor, but adjusted for expectations it was an awesome surprise.

[TriangleTree]

Excellent thoughts Ohiocard and TriangleTree. A few quibbles, both related to the run game:

Filkins absolutely did not have a monster game. He had an admirable workhorse game (and I worry how sustainable his work load is). But you can't have among the worst ball security in the nation 

Fair enough, monster is unhelpful hyperbole and the fumbles were dreadful, but consider the expectations.
When I heard from Troy Clardy about the state of our offensive line I thought we were burnt toast, and yet we were able to consistently get runs of 3-5 yards on first and second down and dominate time of possession. 
We're nowhere within winning this game without a running game that they needed to respect and that's exactly what him and the offensive line gave us.
I concede workhorse is the much better descriptor, but adjusted for expectations it was an awesome surprise.