I think when the season schedule was put out there, we all had the KC game as a loss. We were hopeful vs Green Bay, but many of us had that as a loss as well. The Vikings have owned us, so many of us had that as a loss too. There are many versions of how each person felt those games would turn out, but it was definitely a tough stretch of games.
But the bye week is what really makes this streak so much worse for the fans. We aren’t the first team to ever lose 3 straight games, particularly to quality opponents. But when you throw in the bye, it means we haven’t been able to experience a Lions victory in over a month. Our last win was September 22nd.
The Giants are an inferior team and losing to them probably spells doom for the rest of the season. But more than that, we need the taste of victory or we will literally be going into November before we have the potential to win another game. That’s crazy.
What bugged me the most about the Golladay TD was the illegal contact/defensive holding that wasn’t called. To me its like “okay, it wasn’t a TD. But its a 1st down and goal anyways.” That didn’t happen, which bugged me.
I agree with you here on how disappointing the run defense has been. One of the benefits of how we are playing our front 7 (in particular our ends) is how much better it is vs the run. But yet we are getting gashed in the running game. So we are making a sacrifice in pressures for what exactly? OR…are we saying that we’d be giving up over 200 yards a game on the ground if we weren’t doing what we’re doing? That’s alarming if true.