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I thought Nunes actually played decently as well.  The unfortunate drop by Montgomery made us sweat that game a lot longer than we needed to.  I think we have been spoiled by seeing Luck and his amazing accuracy as well as leading the receiver perfectly.  Nunes generally threw pretty good balls overall.  Well, except for almost anything directed to Ertz.  Ertz made 2 absolutely amazing catches (a diving snag of a ball that was gunned a bit high and wide, and the 1 handed grab of the ball behind him), but the one that was glaring was the 3rd down in the 4th quarter in the red zone where if Nunes waited just a little longer for Ertz to come open behind the linebacker, it's an easy touchdown.  Instead, he fired a ball so fast that I don't know if anyone could have caught it even if they were open.  Hopefully, that is just first game jitters, and that timing and touch gets worked out.  And hopefully a couple less balls batted down as well.

The other part that I felt was missing on third down was the threat of the running QB -- there were so many times when Luck would just bust out of the pocket and squeeze out the extra yard needed for a first down.  Wow, I miss that guy.  I know it is just a pipe dream, but can you imagine what this year would have been like if Luck, Martin, and Decastro had all stayed for one more year?  And they all had eligibility as well.  Sigh...

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I thought Nunes actually played decently as well.  The unfortunate drop by Montgomery made us sweat that game a lot longer than we needed to.  I think we have been spoiled by seeing Luck and his amazing accuracy as well as leading the receiver perfectly.  Nunes generally threw pretty good balls overall.  Well, except for almost anything directed to Ertz.  Ertz made 2 absolutely amazing catches (a diving snag of a ball that was gunned a bit high and wide, and the 1 handed grab of the ball behind him), but the one that was glaring was the 3rd down in the 4th quarter in the red zone where if Nunes waited just a little longer for Ertz to come open behind the linebacker, it's an easy touchdown.  Instead, he fired a ball so fast that I don't know if anyone could have caught it even if they were open.  Hopefully, that is just first game jitters, and that timing and touch gets worked out.  And hopefully a couple less balls batted down as well.

The other part that I felt was missing on third down was the threat of the running QB -- there were so many times when Luck would just bust out of the pocket and squeeze out the extra yard needed for a first down.  Wow, I miss that guy.  I know it is just a pipe dream, but can you imagine what this year would have been like if Luck, Martin, and Decastro had all stayed for one more year?  And they all had eligibility as well.  Sigh...