Good win.
We always fail to put the nail in the coffin, and we did that again tonight, but I think this was a good solid win.
Some thoughts:
- McDonagh. He had some key drops on good throws. He did throw a terrible, terrible pick, but overall, I thought he played well. Give him those drops as completions and he's probably closer to 60% for a completion rate.
- Tempo. It was a big increase in tempo for the offense tonight. If you're going to run the up tempo game that it looked like we wanted to run, you have to be ready both on and off the field. It appeared (I could be wrong), that the offense was in position and ready many times, but the play was not signaled in. All the players were set, but staring at the sideline. Hell, give McDonah carte blanche and let him run the up tempo as it should be run. I'm not saying that's the best route, but if you want to run up tempo, you can't wait and stare at the sideline.
- DEFENSE! 240 total yards given up with only 44 on the ground. Only gave up 2-12 on 3rd downs. Hats off to the defense. The D should get the game ball for the game tonight.
- Late 4th Quarter. 6:52 to to go: run, run, run, pass, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, FG. That is how you win a football game.
- I love me some Steven Long running the ball, but he absolutely blew up a guy on special teams tonight with a block in front of Tago. Please keep him on special teams, as well on offense.