NoSaint

Yea, I don’t think it was a blueprint anymore than the giants having the blueprint for the pats. Sometimes having a lot of elite talent having a really good day isn’t a super replicable plan for the rest of the league.

yup. Contrary to their record, they are a good team with multiple high end talents, a balanced attack and a savvy vet qb. and a long road trip not shocked they played very well healthy and at home.

Frankly, we could’ve tried to stop them after not getting the kick then The timeout counted for something even if not likely

a 3 and out unlikely but not impossible. Make them execute.

another thread quoted him as saying he ran the call as best he was capable I haven’t heard it with my ears but someone posted it

So you think they are aggressive enough to go for it on 4th and 7 if you decline but play prevent defense after pushing them back? similar issues with the sneak/timeout with play call mismatching game management strategy Sounds like he isn’t synced with his coordinators when making those calls. Not great for the game manager and play callers to be on different pages repeatedly.

and there’s a reality that he’s not really played with his current running mate at LB either

it’s been said absolutely not

then you can’t allow the play call

I agree. unfortunately, I think it’s very rare in todays nfl for a team to go 20 games and not have a few shootouts. it happens almost universally at some point. Not saying it should be without critique but I think if you look at special teams debacles we are more like a bad team than a good team. Generally our defense is that of good teams

bingo. It’s sequenced decisions that are out of alignment and don’t make sense that are most maddening. Take a 10 yard penalty then play a design to give up a minimum of 10 yards?!? I hate the sneak but if nothing else have a second hurry up play called if it fails so you can line up quick. Everyone’s on the line just standing up.

the defense will sometimes throw a hanging curveball. It’s an offensive league, and that’s just a reality. Just have to keep them few and far between. and can’t pair with continuing catastrophic special teams and clock management. Those two scare me more than our defense.

also forcing the kick there eliminates threat of a 2 score game and gives you click flexibility. Letting them bleed time and score is crushing. End their drive and go win it.

yea. You have to have two play calls in the huddle in case it fails.

yea, continued special teams gaffes is a real concern that we’ve traded a few posts about

I’ll buy this to a point. somewhere in there the defensive head coach could maybe say “hey, maybe try a little tweak here”

if Josh isn’t told why he can’t do that short of a wide open gap - it’s still on the coaches too

Terrible call to sneak Should’ve just thrown the ball. It’s like the one and only time you can’t sneak Allen.

Not PI to block like a lineman on a rub route?

especially these days where there are very few full contact practices there’s also a reality that a young lineman rarely gets to engage a defender in a meaningful way just being able to go out and hit a DE full speed is not particularly common for an average late round pick in their first year or two

It’s almost like I posted for a decade that it was a missed opportunity as we trotted out Lee smith. Hidden perks - real snaps for a young OL to develop too

weird. You’d think having a rb, te and slot wr as your top targets would be deep sideline throws

he’s injury insurance through the season and a well liked guy that makes the Monday-Saturday a better experience immediately no more no less

yea right behind Trevor Lawrence and directly ahead of tua and Goff like I said, no one’s putting him with the josh-mahomes-burrow-Lamar crowd he’s a top 5-10 guy on his good days, and 10-15 when not on his game. and he’s paid as an unchallenged starter with some untapped upside

he got paid like a starting quarterback