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Originally Posted by over the mountain
kirk needs to not try to make every play a positive one. gruden has been hammering the "no negative plays" thing since TC but you need to know score, down, distance, time. maybe kirk is too afraid to take a sack thinking we were in field goal range or close to it? idk but i do know that kirk would pay a million bucks to go back and just take the sack if he could.
it wasnt an all or nothing play. kirk needs to realize sometimes the D will out scheme or beat a skins on a 1 on 1 play, but dont compound it.
dont force the play.
the falcons won that play but they didnt have to win the game on it. avoidable. lesson hopefully learned for a young promising QB.
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On your points here, I totally agree. That would be my only big complaint with Kirk is that he needs to take the game off his shoulders. You don't have to win the game for us. Just make the throws as expected and take what the defense is giving you. Will you lose a bunch of games this year, your damn right unfortunately, but just stick to the plan and be consistent so we can build around you. Robert had the same issue but Kirk's not quite as bad about it. A lot of that is the result of not having that 100% confidence of the organization. I think he feels that he has to force the ball in there if he's going to keep that job. Just do what you do. He's solidifying his position, even in losses, as long as he isn't throwing picks at the end of games that make people weary of him. He needs to be Alex Smith right now. He can be Brett Favre when they get the roster right.