Those 2, but not the Denver game against the most top tier QB alive? (well maybe second to Rodgers, but we get to face him next year).
Also the Chargers game was the one where we gave up a fumble 6, then an INT inside our own 30 right? So on drives starting outside our own 30 17 points in total?
I believe we exposed Peyton for what he really is at THIS moment, a has been, that when hit & pressured, can't make the big throws. The Chargers game seemed like so many, jump out to a lead, then Rivers systematically picked us apart in the second half....Think he went 5 straight drives without a punt...not sure what grade you'd give this unit, but mine, in light of the fact that they knew the offense would struggle, showed a slightly below average unit, week in, week out.
I think the Giants was an anomaly more than "who we really are". That was the week after they were eliminated from the playoffs and here was an obvious let down.
500+ yards shows inconsistency at best, down-right inadequate at worst. To lay down because they KNEW we were out of the playoffs??? Unacceptable...It should mean we need coaching changes....Most of us knew the playoffs were over after the 6th loss...The Diego game confirmed it, no matter that we were still "in the hunt" mathematically.