Well, that was pretty much a debacle yesterday wasn't it? Interceptions, penalties, missed tackles (and after watching all the missed tackles in the Washington-Oregon Saturday night it frustrated me even more). All up, it was a very familiar looking road game for the Hawks and that's a recipe for problems. The Hawks would much rather have an angry fan base than an apathetic one and I'm worried that with what we've seen lately, apathy is firmly on the horizon. They better put together a decent performance on Sunday against a stumbling Baltimore team or that could be a pretty empty stadium in the month of December. Anyway, on to the review of the game through the lens of Varsity Blues.
"Say I'm stupid and I'm about to get hit in the nuts. That's funny. Ain't it funny? That's what I mean. See they need to change the name of the show to America's funniest shots in the nuts.": Well, I'm not sure how funny it was, but that game was most definitely a further shot to the tender regions if you're a Hawks fan. Sure, it would have been more painful had they actually lost in a more painful fashion. This was more like one of your kids jumping on you wrong as opposed to a foul ball hitting you when you were sans cup.
"What the hell kind of formation is that? Kilmer's gonna eat his ass, watch this...": I did find myself wondering what formations were being trotted out there at times yesterday. We needed to take more advantage of a Dallas secondary that's pretty suspect. Seeing the no-huddle a little more often would have been nice as well. I understand it hasn't been as successful as it was in New York, but still.
"You got to be the dumbest smart kid I know.": We saw again a phenomenon that's making me wonder how intelligent this team is. Again, we had double-digit penalties yesterday. It seems that almost every other kickoff or punt there's a penalty on the Hawks. The coaching staff has to get that under control as field position is very important for this team. The number of false starts and offsides penalties is maddening since that shows a lack of focus. I know this is a young team, which I would expect to have some of these problems early in the year. I don't expect this to be a growing problem halfway through the year.
"It makes me wonder if you know the different between a sneeze and a wet fart!": Tarvaris, you do know the difference between throwing the ball away and throwing into double-coverage, right? Are you aware that when you throw a deep ball to Sidney Rice out of bounds, he can't go get it? Granted, I know Charlie wouldn't have been any better, but your offensive line put forth a pretty decent effort yesterday and you squandered that.
"I raised you to be a winner, so dammit boy, win!": The only potential positive for Hawks fans would be that if any of you happened to make a wager in a Vegas sports book. With that final touchdown, the backdoor cover was complete as the line was Dallas -11.5 on Friday. I know it's not much of a consolation, but when you're 2-6 you start grasping as straws.
"Say I'm stupid and I'm about to get hit in the nuts. That's funny. Ain't it funny? That's what I mean. See they need to change the name of the show to America's funniest shots in the nuts.": Well, I'm not sure how funny it was, but that game was most definitely a further shot to the tender regions if you're a Hawks fan. Sure, it would have been more painful had they actually lost in a more painful fashion. This was more like one of your kids jumping on you wrong as opposed to a foul ball hitting you when you were sans cup.
"What the hell kind of formation is that? Kilmer's gonna eat his ass, watch this...": I did find myself wondering what formations were being trotted out there at times yesterday. We needed to take more advantage of a Dallas secondary that's pretty suspect. Seeing the no-huddle a little more often would have been nice as well. I understand it hasn't been as successful as it was in New York, but still.
"You got to be the dumbest smart kid I know.": We saw again a phenomenon that's making me wonder how intelligent this team is. Again, we had double-digit penalties yesterday. It seems that almost every other kickoff or punt there's a penalty on the Hawks. The coaching staff has to get that under control as field position is very important for this team. The number of false starts and offsides penalties is maddening since that shows a lack of focus. I know this is a young team, which I would expect to have some of these problems early in the year. I don't expect this to be a growing problem halfway through the year.
"It makes me wonder if you know the different between a sneeze and a wet fart!": Tarvaris, you do know the difference between throwing the ball away and throwing into double-coverage, right? Are you aware that when you throw a deep ball to Sidney Rice out of bounds, he can't go get it? Granted, I know Charlie wouldn't have been any better, but your offensive line put forth a pretty decent effort yesterday and you squandered that.
"I raised you to be a winner, so dammit boy, win!": The only potential positive for Hawks fans would be that if any of you happened to make a wager in a Vegas sports book. With that final touchdown, the backdoor cover was complete as the line was Dallas -11.5 on Friday. I know it's not much of a consolation, but when you're 2-6 you start grasping as straws.
