@JPFinlayNBCS My biggest concern is that he went from a forward-leaning aggressive mindset in 2024 when we essentially had "nothing to lose", to a very conservative, dare I say scared of failure, mindset in 2025 when we had expectations (punting in go situations, etc). Dictate the game flow.
That's why. Scared. We're not the better team in this game. We don't coach for overtime expecting to go win it because we're the better team. We can't afford to give away opportunities to go get six.
@JPFinlayNBCS this team hasn't coached to win all year, and it's infuriating. That's not an ok sequence for a 3-8 team. 12 yards from a game winner, and it was clear we had no intention of trying to win that in regulation. Soft. Scared. Exhausting to watch.
When are you and @john_keim going to start putting DQ on the spot in the post-game about doing a 180 from last year? It's like he got real scared because the team had actual expectations this year. We never chased the clock last year, we hunted prey.
Settling for 50+ yard FGs without a kicker that can even threaten from there is pretty preposterous. We've cost ourselves chances to stay afloat, and it's getting harder and harder not to point at the head coach. Injuries are one thing, but this often feels like incompetence.
@JPFinlayNBCS@john_keim are we at the point yet where we need to start asking whether DQ was way too propped up by a supernova last year, and his seat might be at least warm? Our inability to start or finish well, especially with all the bad clock management...
@john_keim@JPFinlayNBCS can somebody please ask Kliff why we are so atrocious during our scripted openings every week? Punt, punt, TD (Raiders), punt, punt, interception, punt, interception, punt tonight. Maybe we should've wanted him to get a HC gig...
It's honestly starting to feel like @NFL officials are just @McDonalds workers that have met their "messed up order" quota, and earned their promotion to zebra.
It hasn't felt this bad watching a @Commanders game since the Rivera era. Unprepared to start games. Can't get off the field. Miserable at the end of a half. Offensive line getting bullied by a bad defensive front. I get not having receivers, but what about everything else?
@JPFinlayNBCS@john_keim can one of you please ask DQ and Kliff why we go into this weird mode where we care about burning clock more than trying to score six late in the first halves of games? That doink was karma from the football gods. We need to knock that stuff off.
@john_keim Incredible that we paid him basically what was being reported that he wanted, only after being stubborn long enough to reach the "likely soft tissue injury" point of the preseason. This is a pretty big pock mark on the young tenure of Mr Peters.
@JPFinlayNBCS Kliff was bad tonight. 4 touches for Bill won't work. Kliff was running man beaters against zone. We coached scared tonight, opposite of last year.
It's week 2. We're not jumping off a bridge, but that was pretty lackluster on offense.
@JPFinlayNBCS Game was lost on Tuesday. This is a miserable approach. I have no interest in this team trying to chase an MVP, that's the loser mentality in Baltimore. The fact that Kliff refuses to run the ball is embarrassing.