Must win game

[MTK]

Patten spoke out this week that he's frustrated with his role, I thought it was kinda funny coming from a guy who dropped a sure 1st down on a 3rd and 14 play in the Giants game.

[jdlea]

Eh, everyone dropped balls. I'm finding it hard to blame anyone for that loss outside of the coaches. Bottom line, they didn't get the team ready to play. The Skins came out flat and never got started. They weren't prepared. Ditka has said a million times that if you come out and lose 27 - 14, that's probably your team, but when you come out and lose 20 - 0 that's on the coach. He said he new his team wasn't ready to play if that happened and that was his fault.

[dblanch66]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Patten spoke out this week that he's frustrated with his role, I thought it was kinda funny coming from a guy who dropped a sure 1st down on a 3rd and 14 play in the Giants game.

Exactly. Put up or shut up. Bad timing for a media whine session.

[davy]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

Exactly. Put up or shut up. Bad timing for a media whine session.

I think you have to take media quotes with a large pinch of salt. If a reporter asked Patten "Are you frustrated that you aren't making a bigger contribution in terms of catches?", you could hardly criticise him for saying yes.

[crlesh]

Originally Posted by davy

I think you have to take media quotes with a large pinch of salt. If a reporter asked Patten "Are you frustrated that you aren't making a bigger contribution in terms of catches?", you could hardly criticise him for saying yes.

Good point Davy - something I think we have to remember whenever we read media reports and interviews. An innocuous answer to a journalist's question can suddenly turn into a 5000 word essay.