[ColoradoTree]

I may be misremembering, but while there were problems in the secondary, I don't think it was due to bad play from the guys we expected to be the strength of our secondary--Meeks, Holder, and Reid.  Some of the other guys seemed to get caught out of position on occasion, but you expect that of new starters.  Darnold was simply terrific, and OutsiderFan is absolutely correct when he notes how SC's passing success was a direct result of their success in the running game.  When you have to adjust your scheme to respect the run more, there will be more openings in the passing game. *shrugs*  As "Big Al" (former CU and Broncos DE/OLB Alfred Williams) will often say on Denver sports radio when talking about the NFL, "you know, the guys on the other side of the line get paid, too!"  I'm not trying to start a debate about whether players should be paid, but the fundamental point--sometimes a failure is less about the bad things you did and more about the good things the other team did--seems to apply pretty well to Darnold's success in the passing game. 

I was pretty down about this game earlier this week, but I'm coming around to the view that it was just one game, and that we're still probably a pretty darn good football team, and we'll get a lot of enjoyment out of these guys the rest of the year. 

[ColoradoTree]

I may be misremembering, but while there were problems in the secondary, I don't think it was due to bad play from the guys we expected to be the strength of our secondary--Meeks, Holder, and Reid.  Some of the other guys seemed to get caught out of position on occasion, but you expect that of new starters.  Darnold was simply terrific, and OutsiderFan is absolutely correct when he notes how SC's passing success was a direct result of their success in the running game.  When you have to adjust your scheme to respect the run more, there will be more openings in the passing game. *shrugs*  As "Big Al" (former CU and Broncos DE/OLB Alfred Williams) will often say on Denver sports radio when talking about the NFL, "you know, the guys on the other side of the line get paid, too!"  I'm not trying to start a debate about whether players should be paid, but the fundamental point--sometimes a failure is less about the bad things you did and more about the good things the other team did--seems to apply pretty well to Darnold's success in the passing game. 

I was pretty down about this game earlier this week, but I'm coming around to the view that it was just one game, and that we're still probably a pretty darn good football team, and we'll get a lot of enjoyment out of these guys the rest of the year.