One possible explanation for the Minny game was the players looking ahead to the bye week. They sure didn't want to play last Saturday night--hard to remember a game where the players on one team looked so flat, especially on Defense.
Then when I see quotes like this from a player,
“We’ve been together since Aug. 2,” Allen told the Omaha World-Herald. “We’ve had fall camp and seven straight weeks. I think we just need to get away from each other for a bit. We get so locked up in this. If you get to relax sometimes (that helps). I think that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to relax.”
I wonder about the chemistry of this team. I mean I get it--sort of--but doesn't that seem a bit off? Maybe I'm too optimistic but I was hoping for a band of brothers, focused and determined throughout the season. Not players who seem relieved to get away from each other?