OL and running game was very good. Other than that I was not impressed. Steelers should have had three picks and while the defense looked good Trubisky is really terrible, if embedded Patriot Gunner holds on to the ball I think we're all singing a different tune.
It's not so much a recalibration from the Brady years but a realization that the team is not going to get past Allen and Mahomes (and Burrow, and Jackson, and maybe Carr, and...) with Mac unless they can build a great roster around him and win a grinding game where they force turnovers. Maybe that's the same as recalibrating but it's hard to feel rosy. It's an average team on the playoff bubble like 10 other teams.
I would feel a lot better if Mac looked better than last year (he doesn't) or if they had more contributions from the TEs, who it feels like should be making the catches over the middle and RAC yards that only Myers is giving them.
Go ahead and yell at me, I don't think we are as bad as we looked game 1 but lots of games against other average teams are going to come down to turnovers and luck like the first two, and I don't see much evidence they can control a game against a good passing offense (obviously they haven't really played one yet, jury out on Miami). The schedule from Thanksgiving on looks rough. YMMV
It's not so much a recalibration from the Brady years but a realization that the team is not going to get past Allen and Mahomes (and Burrow, and Jackson, and maybe Carr, and...) with Mac unless they can build a great roster around him and win a grinding game where they force turnovers. Maybe that's the same as recalibrating but it's hard to feel rosy. It's an average team on the playoff bubble like 10 other teams.
I would feel a lot better if Mac looked better than last year (he doesn't) or if they had more contributions from the TEs, who it feels like should be making the catches over the middle and RAC yards that only Myers is giving them.
Go ahead and yell at me, I don't think we are as bad as we looked game 1 but lots of games against other average teams are going to come down to turnovers and luck like the first two, and I don't see much evidence they can control a game against a good passing offense (obviously they haven't really played one yet, jury out on Miami). The schedule from Thanksgiving on looks rough. YMMV