The reason we lost this game is we punted 5 times and fumbled once. The defense forced 4 punts and 5 FGs. Rivera’s terrible clock management before the half, leaving enough time for an easy Seattle FG was also pretty stupid. Of course, the offense came up short for a 3 and out when it counted most to hand the ball back to Seattle.
It’s the modern NFL. Competent teams are going to score. Seattle was 4/14 on 3rd down. That’s a pretty respectable bend-don’t-break performance by the defense.
We have the receiving an RB talent. There’s no reason we didn’t put up 35 points yesterday.
The most important parts of the game the defense failed time and again. End of the half, no turnovers throughout the game, gave up tons of yards, and most importantly couldn’t get a stop when we tied the game TWICE. The defense gets paid too. Even without the DE’s its the most heavily invested part of our roster. They are the ones who are supposed to control the game. They failed.