***As most of you know, Cigar Thoughts is now a podcast. One of the perks of the pod is getting these articles in audio form, in addition to our sit-downs with our amazing guests— like last week’s conversation with Seahawks legend STEVE RAIBLE. You can listen to all the shows, including this article, right here: — It happens sometimes— you run into a good team playing their best football on a day where you don’t.
He’s officially a focal point of this offense and the “holy shit” game is just around the corner. ~Even when Tyler Lockett doesn’t have a big statistical performance, he’s almost always deathly efficient but that was not the case today. But I don’t say that as an indictment of Lockett. When the O-line is this overmatched, and the QB isn’t answering the bell, it’s tough to judge a wide receiver too harshly. Lockett was targeted a team-high eight times but only caught three of them for 32 yards.