Dud No. 2 – Emmanuel Sanders
When you wear shoes that are practically visible from the top of Pike’s Peak, you’re expected to walk the walk, so to speak.
Emmanuel Sanders did hardly that on Sunday.
Sanders finished the day with just two catches on six targets and had arguably the critical play of the day, a muffed punt in the fourth quarter that gave Oakland great field position and eventually the game-winning touchdown.
The most disconcerting thing, however, might have been his postgame comments about why the offense struggled so mightily in the second half:
“I guess just a lack of focus. We’ve just got to focus.”
For an offense that hadn’t scored a touchdown in five quarters, there’s no excuse for not being focused in the second half. Now that number sits at seven and counting.
