Ultimately, this game doesn't have a big impact on the goals. Lost by 1 point on the road to the #3 team with a chance to win it on the last drive. All the goals are still attainable. But anybody that feels like we're any closer to shaking Ryan Day's big game bugaboo, I wish I could get there. The same hallmarks were there - defense cannot get stops when needed, and I'm sorry, but that last drive was the onfield personification of my issues with Ryan Day...take a sack on the first play, a Shugarts, an OPI (don't fare how soft it was, you cannot let the refs have any margin to throw laundry there), and lastly mismanaging the clock. They 100% should have won that game, but couldn't get out of their own way. Players take on the essence of their coach. In the big moment, they made too many mistakes.
Anyway, it is what it is. On to the next one...