Whenever I go back to watch games with a clear eye view, it is usually the same.
Even though I know what happened, I can see times where the ebb and flow of a game goes.
And there were a lot early in this game.
Minny had every chance to run away with it, especially after the Woods pick.
This year's team really has a short term memory. And not a lick scared.
In previous years, it was a colossal display of what I can only call cowardice. They were to fight after being beaten down.
Perhaps Fat Mike is Buddha or something.
It is also interesting to see an OC and a DC both coaching their asses off.
Having highly competent coordinators who can orchestrate a cohesive plan across their respective position groups is a big thing, maybe the biggest.
The attitude is there with this group for sure but the coaching, particularly defensively, has elevated the talent.
One of my chief complaints with Garrett is he and his staff seemingly never really elevated the players through scheme. If we had a talent advantage we were usually solid to very good, if not we were poor to middling, performance was more or less wholly dependent on talent and the level of focus seemed dependent on the circumstances from year to year (i.e. they would follow up a poor year with a strong year, followed by a poor year once they got high on their horses).
Long story short, you never felt like the coaching elevated any of those Garrett-era teams except Marinelli turning chicken shit into slightly tastier chicken shit in 2014, 16 and definitely 18.