Without Cam Ward…

[ThomasM]

Is this a serious post?

You haven't noticed a lack of effort, especially on the D side?

Cam is a GREAT player, but sometimes with great players, you have others not stepping up and doing their parts. Our entire D looks like they are simply going through the motions, waiting to get back to the sideline so Cam can get to work.

 

[TaylorWalls]

It fell on previous head coaches, but recently that has not been the case for some reason.

Maybe I've been logging on to a different board, but we both know Mario is crucified around here.

 

[skyman]

Perhaps, or maybe the team plays better as a team, because they aren't so damned comfortable with Cam saving their rear ends.

While Cam has covered up some warts, I also believe he has exposed some. Our team looks like they are relying only on him. I'm talking consciously believing that he has their backs, so they don't have to try so hard. "Oh we're gonna score 50, so what does it matter if GT scores 28?" Week after week. Same old crap.

Even our fans have same mindset.. I saw post like that last week where when someone bought up the defense they would say can GT keep up with 50 points? or just hold them to 30 and we score 50.. And its like, it doesnt work that way.. Even in games where we are giving up explosives is better than the dog walking of nickle and dime down the field..

The gift and the curse essentially..

Now the offense has to play perfect because the defense gets a pass.. They can allow 30 a game with no repercussions because everyone expects the O to score 50.

 

[TaylorWalls]

Even our fans have same mindset.. I saw post like that last week where when someone bought up the defense they would say can GT keep up with 50 points? or just hold them to 30 and we score 50.. And its like, it doesnt work that way.. Even in games where we are giving up explosives is better than the dog walking of nickle and dime down the field..

The gift and the curse essentially..

Now the offense has to play perfect because the defense gets a pass.. They can allow 30 a game with no repercussions because everyone expects the O to score 50.

It's not that the defense "gets a pass". We just know that the defensive roster isn't changing in the middle of the season.