Ok. What changed

My feeling is that he wasn't injured, but this is the kind of drop-off when an over-40 athlete underestimates how much more rest/recovery he needs, compared to even a few years ago.
If younger players have trouble playing the Thursday after a Sunday game and are ground down without a bye week during the season... maybe Sunday-to-Sunday for more than a few games will be too much for a 41 year old. (And healthy college-age players usually "hit the wall" their rookie year.)

My feeling is that playing AR every other game (or 2 out of 3), forcing him to treat the off weeks like a bye (complete rest and recovery), would get you peak AR (like he was younger) for the games he does play. That would be a huge risk (if he gets rusty, or injured anyways), but expecting him to just "play through it" every week will just accumulate more fatigue.

 

And what you said was wrong. It wasn't even Gainwell's first big game this season. He ran for 99 yards and two touchdowns and caught six passes for 35 more yards in the victory over the Vikings.

 

Yet he put up those great numbers in a half.

 

The difference between Rodgers and Rudolph?.... Gainwell:

 

I guess you didn’t notice that something else changed at running back early I. The third quarter.

 

I guess you also missed the other factor that led to Gainwell taking on a larger role in the second half

 

Every time Mason throws a TD pass they should play Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

He's looked super afraid in the pocket, and sailing balls for about two, and half weeks now.

 

The chargers game i think it was smoth he was throwing too, and he looked like he was afraid a bomb was about to hit him. Yet the DE was 5 steps away .

 

ummmm - remember the Alamo (end of 2023 season....)

 

he is afraid.....he is OLD and does not want to DIE