Always nice to win the opener. The defense needs a lot of work as they were fortunate that the TiCats receivers had the dropsies and that rush defense looked straight up porous. Efficient game by Maier but the red zone concerns still linger as they settled for too many FG's as the game could have been put away sooner if they could have finished more drives. The first few weeks are essentially extended pre-season so I expect (or at least hope) the defense will get better.
Dave's play calling still has me scratching my head sometimes. He goes for it at the beginning of the game on 3rd and a long yard on their own 20 yard line but first drive of the 2nd half near mid-field it's 3rd and a long yard and he punts. I just don't understand that call at all as the reason you want the ball to start the 2nd half is to have a chance to score and get a leg up on your opponent and he goes all conservative after being bold in the first quarter. Makes no sense at all.
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