Considering how the national media was writing the Hawks off and the Digits were favoured by 6.5 there is a considerable amount of negativity here. The team is now 5-0 on the road and yesterday the team won it's 3rd straight divisional game, with only 1 conference L :2thumbs: .
The D played very well yesterday and yes they made a few blunders but they had a pass rush which upset Garoppolo. He sure didn't look that good under pressure. Yesterday we saw how things might look in the later part of the season as Reed rounds into playing shape and works in combination with Clowney and Jefferson, Poona and Al Wood also had big games. I was impressed with the play of Griffin, Diggs and McDougald and not much overwhelmed with the play of either Flowers or Taylor. Flowers is struggling a bit this season, is nursing a leg injury, but was unfairly called on a PI that was so tacky tack it goes down as one of the worst calls of the season. The team simply needs to find a better NCB than Taylor.
The game was an impressive effort and the defensive changes dialled up by Pete shows the Ol' Dawg still has a few tricks. The team needs to find a way to keep Clowney, he is a wrecking ball, the team has cap space to make it possible as well. This game preceded the bye which has come at a great time and will allow the team to heal up and get stoked for the last 6 games of the regular season.
The numerous fumbles and turnovers by the O sure allowed SF to stay in the game as the Hawks might have hung a whoppin' on the Digits otherwise, coulda, woulda, etc.. Our team threw away almost every opportunity to sieze a definite advantage with turnovers. In the end Wilson was special, not always perfect, but still you had faith he'd create a W at the end. He did of course.
It'd be nice to see a 40-0 Hawks win after the bye just to show the team doesn't have to always be 'The Cardiac Kids' but this W was especially sweet as few gave them much of shot to win.
I'm jazzed by this W.