Custer Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I was looking at the thread where pat (orwhothehellever) was justifying his 21st pre-pre-pre-pre-pre season ranking, and several statistics were referenced about home field performance. My wife swears up and down that the Skins cannot win a game without a 3 TD lead 1/2 way through the 4th. If it's any closer, we tank. I know one of you number crunchers have looked at this, but under the Good years, we could put (and keep) other teams down. Since then (the Danny era) how many games have we lost after having a lead going into the 4th? Has anyone done a numerical comparison? If you did, I am sure it would show a team with no killer instinct. To me it's a killer instinct that is a representation of the organization. Not something brought by a new coach or owner (See Beagles, Steelers, Pat's etc..) It's something that defines the players, the team, the fans. Look at the numbers, how many games in the Danny era did we give away after leading in the 3rd, or worse, the 4th? We used to have a killer instinct. What killed it? Danny? FedEx? Vinnie? The passing of Mr Cooke? Has the organization given up on staffing the team with ball players and concentrated on drafting / picking up marketing tools?? :doh: When I played, it was about "man'ing" up and kicking the other teams ass, mano-et-mano. With pride, joy and little blood, mine and theirs. I cannot stand to see our guys kissing up to other teams after another half-hearted performance that resulted in another flat loss. On that note, how many times, after an emotional win do we come out flat? Where are the leaders...???????? Maybe bolstering the "D" to get that blood lust may be just the ticket... :helmet: What's ya'lls thoughts? Why cant we keep a beat team down??? I aint gonne blame the stadium (maybe it's haunted..yeh right), How can it be the Danny? his butt is in the sky box, not playing on the field. we'll see.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayunco Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 well imo, in recent years the defense is to gassed on those late drives tyring to protect the lead because gibbs would call dive plays up the middle 3 times in a row at the beginning the 4th quarter and we expected our defense to hold. not gonna happen. same with zorn, we need to keep hammering away and get that knife in the ass to seal the game. we cant keep relying on our defense to hold. teams are to fast and score way to fast now, it aint like it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWFLSkins Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's the Whine and Cheese crowd exiting in the the early second half that lets the players down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annonymous Source Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 If memory serves we are over 50% with small leads in the fourth quarter, but my heart cannot stand anymore 4 point wins. The pressure will kill me. So its official the skins need to start blowing teams out for my health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's all about the prevent offense/defense they run late in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's all about the prevent offense/defense they run late in the game. HATE HATE HATE when they run that. Why not keep doing what you did to get you to the lead you have!? Makes no sense to change up at the end of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I know we lost a bunch in 2007 after leading at halftime or later. 2007 Lost to Giants after leading 17-10 going into 4th Lost to Eagles after leading 15-13 heading into 4th, we were even up 22-13 in the 4th Lost to Bills after leading 16-8 going into 4th 2008 Lost to Rams after taking 17-16 lead in 4th Lost to Cowboys after leading 14-10 in 4th Lost to 49ers after leading 17-14 in 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custer Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Wow... See that's what scares me, there's even a name for doing the same thing over and over expecting differend results... insanity... Was the prevent a function of the quality of players we had??? ( I pray ), or because it's what the coach prefers (I pray not)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKM311 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It is very simple and it is something that has plagued us since Danny took over. Depth! We have lacked depth every year which is why we have to overdose our starters and not give them a rest. Look at the Giants. They shuffle people in and out. There starters are not that much better than ours, but there depth is wayyyy better than ours. Until we understand that we need to build our roster properly instead of just stocking up on starters, we will be in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pressure Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have some fun statistics in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have some fun statistics in my signature. lmao. Hi-lar-i-ous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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