Whew, not sure what to think right now, still too pissed to remember specifics.
Generally, Kirk looked off target, short on the long balls, just behind a lot of the other ones and more damn picks.
Much more pressure in the pocket this game, the line is a little more fragile than we suspected after the Rams game.
Had to be frustrating, making a decent throw only to have a penalty bring it back allowing the G's to bring-it next play.
Big difference comparing him to Eli who, in this game at least, was composed and sharp.
It was not a good game. Really deflating.
You can blame me. I jinxed it yesterday when I said about the O-Line being young and was waiting for another Detroit Pre-Season affair. It wasn't that bad but we just looked ordinary. Maybe the short week took a toll? Who knows. I tuned out of the game after the fumble through the EndZone. At that point I knew it was cut and dried. If that had been a Jones touchdown and we hadn't have given up that safety at the start... things could have been different.
Take 2 off them and put 7 on us and it's a 30-28 ball game.
But coulda, shoulda, woulda. We didn't deserve to win last night TBH.
Anyway the thread is supposed to be about Kirk...
He was unsteady I thought. Just didn't look as sharp as last week. I think some of that was the O-line not being as solid, and the early safety that threw a spanner in the works early. The whole team just looked off kilter.
Even the Defense which i thought kept us in it for a while when it could easily have been a run away score at the start. Just looked like a different team to last week, which looked confident and energetic.
And when the team is like that the QB really needs to be the focal point and lift the team up. Kirk doesn't seem able to do that as yet.
Can he be a QB that sparks the team long term? Who knows. I'm still willing to let him play through he season and see if we get growth. I wasn't expecting playoffs this year anyway, just got my hopes up a bit after last weeks great performance and the disaster the rest of the East seemed.
I still think we're better than we were 12 months ago and still think we're heading in the right direction. It's just hard not to get your hopes up too high. Especially as the Skins have been in the gutter for such a long time.