And after Laurie Daley's side collapsed in Origin II, there's blood in the water.The 44-24 loss at the MCG was a disaster for a team who had the chance to wrap up the series and now face the prospect of walking into the hell of a Lang Park decider to try to save their Origin souls.Those souls, and a few Origin careers besides, are in serious need of saving after what happened in Melbourne.Queensland delivered a brutal knockout of a match that would have sent the Blue portion of the 91,000-strong crowd staggering back up the Yarra, wondering how on earth a team with as much talent as New South Wales fails to realise it time and again.The Blues were given a gift in the form of the opening try to Kotoni Staggs after Tom Flegler knocked on a kick-off return straight to Mark Nawaqanitawase.They got another through Nawaqanitawase's try off a deflected Nathan Cleary kick The Blues have had the talent to win, as was made clear by the 2024 series under Michael Maguire, when they came back from 1-0 down.That side cemented its place in Origin history by winning a Lang Park decider, becoming just the third New South Wales team to do so.Daley's charges have that same chance before them, but if they're to have any hope they must avoid sinking into the despair of feeling like the series is already over, even if that's the pervading feeling right now.In the final days leading into Origin II, Daley's coaching came under heavy scrutiny