re: A few observations after rewatching the game.

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On the first TD, the announcers calle out Lofton but I agree that Hawthorne seemed to be the culprit.

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It was a weird play because it looked liked Hawthorne had man on the HB and Lofton had under zone. Hawthorne was more to the outside and should have played contain, but it's hard to tell who was truly at fault without knowing the play call.

There are plays where the defense will leave the FB free, but that shouldn't be called in the red zone.

On the hands to the face issue, nah it happens. The one on Deadrick(I think) looks like he did it intentionally, but sometimes your hand just slides up.

On the defensive passing penalties, we actually had the fewest combined defensive holding and illegal contact penalties last year with just 2(for holding). Minus White's 2 or 3(or 20?) pass interference calls last year, we played very clean on the back end. I have no doubt we'll be okay again this year. Other teams are going to have a much harder time with it.