Originally posted by SLCNiner:
Originally posted by ComeOnDeberg:
Moody is a rookie. Everyone, forgets he was perfect all season until yesterday. This is the first time he has face pressure as a pro. Hopefully this is one of just one of those games and not a sign of his ability under pressure.
That's why he was perfect, he didn't have any pressure. I wanted to see how Purdy responded to the pressure of having to orchestrate a game winning drive and he responded. Now we know how Moody responds under pressure, and unless something is done to address it, Kyle will have to game plan around it. No way do I want to see a playoff game come down to his leg.
Talk about jumping to conclusions. Man, this place
He was probably called Money Mooney for a reason at Michigan. He had been perfect up until this game. He is a rookie who is still making his way through his first circuit of NFL stadiums which means he is still learning what the tendencies of the various stadiums are. Seems to me the Browns' kicker missed one of about 40 yards going in the same direction earlier in the game and he kicks there all the time. Now if this becomes a trend with him, then clearly it will be a cause for concern but, so far, it's just one game, so he can learn from it and move on.
All of these hot takes are just silly. It's like some of you have never made it through a whole NFL season before. If the team ends up finishing the season at 15-2 or 14-3, I think most of us will have considered that a pretty good season and all of this handwringing and bedwetting over one game will look pretty stupid. It was a tough loss to be sure and one that you would have liked to see them pull out, but it's not the end of the world and it's not like the Browns didn't have anything to do with it. It sucks that Moody missed that kick, but do you suppose that the 160 yards the defense gave up to the Browns rushing game might have had something to do with losing as well?
It's usually easy to pick one obvious moment as the "reason" a team lost, but it is usually more complicated than that and there are often a lot of things that ended up being contributing factors. Yeah, Moody missed the kick, just like Jimmy missed Sanders, but in both cases the defenses ended up not playing to their potential and the offensive line had their QB's under almost constant pressure. There were some clips on ESPN that highlighted the number of times that Brock had free runners coming straight at him and no place to go with the ball, so kudos to Cleveland for doing their job. Now the team has a chance to regroup, reflect and get refocused for the remainder of the season. Quite frankly, I see some benefit in a game like this. You know the Eagles game is going to be a dogfight as well, so this will be a good lesson for the team in the run up to that game. Don't take anything for granted,
And speaking of the Eagles. They lost, the Seahawks lost, and the Cardinals lost. Only team in our division to win yesterday was the Rams and we've already beaten them once. When I checked this morning the 49ers were stilled tied for the best record in the league and they're still on top of their division, but yeah, let's all b***h and moan about a game that, to be honest, they didn't play well enough in to win.