Its like a member of your family died. They were alive and healthy one moment and flat on their back stone, stone cold when you looked back around after hearing them fall. They went down hard, in a horrible racket...and the call to 911 was too late when it was being dialed. You push up their closed eyelids to see if their eyes are dilated and the image you see in those eyes is chilling. You begin cardiac chest massage alternating mouth to mouth and during the chest massage phase you swear you can hear a word escaping from their lips upon the forced air.
What caused it? Then you think back, when Lomar let the wind get under the first possession toss to Mark Andrew and air mailed him, your loved one exclaimed, "Goddern it Lomar, when are you going to learn to throw to someone that ain't a tight end!". (Something that Dean Pees clearly picked up upon.) When you got a good ground game, the tight ends are almost always covered one on one.
Later, when Tannehill threw a chandelle to a well covered Corey Davis, your loved one exclaimed, "Can't we get a frucking break, their man was covered for fruggin chris's sake....That was Not Possession freaken refs! (Except your love one didn't say frucking, fruggin, chris and freaken.)
Shortly thereafter, Lomar convinced Coach Harball to go for it on 4th and one. Heck, they had done it at the rate of 8 for 8 all year. Harball, wasn't gonna let a Playoff Game against a good defensive squad change his modus operandi and he sent Lomar into the pile to come up short and your loved one screamed, "These ain't the Dolphins, Harball you REJECT". (Except he didn't say Reject)
The very next play Kalif Raymond used Marlon's clumsiness against him and turned him every which way but cornerback and Tannehill dropped a dime on the Titan Receiver. That's when your loved one collapsed to the turf, because it was over right then and there. Already seeing Lomar's wobble ball in action it was clear there was not going to be a comeback. Lomar got some garbage yards later, but by that time Pees had already changed his defense and there was nothing the Raven's were going to do about it.
Your loved one died a predictable death, once someone figured Lomar out and Lomar did not disappoint. The visage in their glassy stare and the word that escaped their lips? Henry......Oh Henry.
What caused it? Then you think back, when Lomar let the wind get under the first possession toss to Mark Andrew and air mailed him, your loved one exclaimed, "Goddern it Lomar, when are you going to learn to throw to someone that ain't a tight end!". (Something that Dean Pees clearly picked up upon.) When you got a good ground game, the tight ends are almost always covered one on one.
Later, when Tannehill threw a chandelle to a well covered Corey Davis, your loved one exclaimed, "Can't we get a frucking break, their man was covered for fruggin chris's sake....That was Not Possession freaken refs! (Except your love one didn't say frucking, fruggin, chris and freaken.)
Shortly thereafter, Lomar convinced Coach Harball to go for it on 4th and one. Heck, they had done it at the rate of 8 for 8 all year. Harball, wasn't gonna let a Playoff Game against a good defensive squad change his modus operandi and he sent Lomar into the pile to come up short and your loved one screamed, "These ain't the Dolphins, Harball you REJECT". (Except he didn't say Reject)
The very next play Kalif Raymond used Marlon's clumsiness against him and turned him every which way but cornerback and Tannehill dropped a dime on the Titan Receiver. That's when your loved one collapsed to the turf, because it was over right then and there. Already seeing Lomar's wobble ball in action it was clear there was not going to be a comeback. Lomar got some garbage yards later, but by that time Pees had already changed his defense and there was nothing the Raven's were going to do about it.
Your loved one died a predictable death, once someone figured Lomar out and Lomar did not disappoint. The visage in their glassy stare and the word that escaped their lips? Henry......Oh Henry.
Look what happened to my boys. We stunk up the field.
My big question: What was Harbaugh doing sending Lamar Jackson up the middle on 2 4th down plays with one yard to go?
...My friend from Baltimore said terrible coaching.
Them going up by 2 TDS early really flipped the script and we just couldn’t flip it back. I hate to say it but many talking heads said we haven’t had to play from behind at all at that surely helped to cause the overall continuous collapse. They just weren’t playing loose, looked tight and afraid to lose.
As bad as we played you gotta hand it to the Titans to be able to put us in that position. Sure the first pick started the ball rolling, but the throw and catch on that first TD were pretty spectacular. Then the brilliant play call to smoke Marlon and go up by 14 was top notch.
Man I feel depressed as fuck. It’s clear I take football way too seriously, I feel empty. Losing a football game shouldn’t make a person feel like they have nothing... anyone have any advice on maybe rooting for your team like a normal person?
At the end of the day it’s just a game. Life goes on you have a family that cares for you and depends on you. That’s the real deal.