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Our O was just putrid on an per play basis not topping 5 ypa at any depth but quite good on 3rd and the RZ mostly via late bloomer Fence. We had 1 20 yard gain on a screen to Holzer early and no other real chunks witih less than 2 YAC7catch overall. Our punting net 48.1 and the one TO helped us more than can be measured as well.
Ellingsen just embarassed us throughout the game and soemthing will have to be done this offseason about our edge defense against these elusive RBs but the general D GP was solid and effective at keeping Ortiz and the receives in front of them as they went 7/21 for 151 downfeild and no meaningful scrambles.
GG Steel and great season, reckon you will be back with Ortiz a couple more times at least.
Great game, Ushi. Like you mentioned, the two defensive penalties for first downs killed us, as you scored a TD on that drive. We then had an inexcusable Belichick type call, where we went for it from our own end on 4th down, got stopped for a loss, and you ended up getting an easy field goal out of that.
All in all, can't complain about what happened this season. We lost three players from our front four, and I thought it would be a struggle to go deep in the playoffs because of it. However, we managed to overcome the numerous amount of young players we had playing, and given everyone on this offense should return next year with another year of cohesion, I'm hoping we can be right back here.