Look...this team played solid football until very late in the game against a very good team. They fell apart I agree because their conditioning looked poor. Maybe they should have played the regulars some in pre-season though I understand the reluctance to get a good player injured.
The defense ran out of gas again, I agree. Roquan seems to have become lost and I don't know why. The secondary played well enough to win but the D-line got no pressure on Allen all game. Did Green play more than a few downs? He was not a factor but then there was no pressure from anybody. That sounds like a defensive coaching deficiency.
Meanwhile the O skill players were on fire. Henry, Lamar, Flowers, Bateman all played very well. But when they had the ball for the last series, they attempted to run out the clock and couldn't do it. Sometimes you've just got to pass to get another first down even when you're trying to run out the clock.
But in the end, the Defense lost this game big time. When your team scores 40 points, you should come away a winner. Instead the Defense caved in and the offense went too conservative too early. Most of the blame I have to put on Orr, our DC. We just didn't stop them when we had too and when we were up 15 points.