This almost gave me a coronary! Thanks for posting this picture! My wife left the room because I tend to overreact to bears games but I was on a tirade because I knew these “small” mistakes will end up costing the team this game or some other game. I may be wrong but it appeared to me as if he didn’t expect to gain first down in that play before the play even happened and got up after he was tackled and seemed to be like” oh well” no big deal. I would be so fucking pissed off at myself, I would feel like I let the team down.
I’ve played two sports professionally at the highest of levels and one was a team sport and I was always extremely passionate about winning and hated losing. I never thought about money during games and I doubt these guys do either so please don’t attack me with “I don’t know what these guys feel”. The fact is that only an idiot cuts that ball inside, that’s where most likely the defensive players would be coming from!!! I look at that effort versus the effort that both Kyle Long and Tarik Cohen made on a third and long play where they got the first down because both players gave their all for the entire play and got the first down. So, either Simms doesn’t care/try as much or is a shitty non instinctive player!
Simms lack of play making could very well have made the difference in this game, actually; one play could have won this game. Other players missed plays that could have helped win the game too but that’s my point, it could come down to one yard that makes the difference even if it’s in the first minute of the game. The focus seems to be more on the last minutes of the game when in reality every minute of the 60 minute game are just as important.