Wow what a bitter pill to swallow.. However, I am not going to start saying our season is over after week 8. I will say that our division chances are pretty much over, but we still have a great chance to get a wildcard spot. Without Tom Brady in the league, the AFC really is wide open. Ahead of us, for the wildcard, are the Jets, Patriots, Colts, and Ravens. Hopefully we can get 2 more wins out of our next two games, but what we thought were gimmes aren’t, so we cannot say that.

Observations

Positives
- Matt Jones is turning into a star receiver. Had he held onto that ball at the end of the game, he would be the new breakout star in the NFL. He would have had 143 yards, 9 receptions, and 2 TD’s as opposed to his 118, 8 rec, 1 TD.

- Garrard is showing us that he is THE MAN. He is willing to do whatever it takes to for our team to win. That didnt happen today, but he looked amazing. I have plenty of confidence with him, and his relationship with Matt Jones looks like its blossoming.

- Our second half defense.

Negatives

- Our first half defense

- Special teams. we had a blocked field goal, fumble on a kickoff, and we really didnt have any explosive returns.

- Quentin Groves 2 critical offsides..