HappyDays

I try not to complain too much about draft pick usage. The draft is a crapshoot and I think Beane's record there overall has been better than average. On defense at least they have tried to fill holes. Their free agent signings have not really worked out relative to the spending and some of their worst draft picks were spent on defensive players, but at least they identified problems and attempted to solve them. With WR on the other hand they have not even tried to upgrade Davis. It's an incredibly bizarre blind spot that this regime has.

Hopkins definitely wanted to come here. It was an open secret even before he was released by the Cardinals. For some reason Beane has eagerly opened Pegula's wallet for fat lazy defensive lineman, but refuses to spend a penny more than his personal value on WRs. I really don't get it. For example, how do you give Jordan Phillips anything over the vet minimum? How does a 1st round bust in Vernon Butler scam us out of millions of dollars? And then Beane goes on the press circuit lamenting how unfair it is that the salary cap makes it impossible for him to bring a player like Hopkins onto the team. Give me a break. The 2022 offseason I at least understood their wanting to give Davis a shot after his incredible playoff performance. After last season though a much better WR2 was obviously a big need, and in Hopkins we had a very good WR who was a free agent and who wanted to play for us. How did we fumble that golden opportunity?

I know but the flow of the game changes how each team plays. When the Bengals needed to put a drive together to close out the game, they moved the ball with ease. Our final TD drive took a lot of time off the clock - this was by design, Cincy was conceding those areas of the field. At no point did I really think we had approached anything close to a 50/50 game.

I think the close game narrative is a little disingenuous given that the Bengals kneeled out their final drive.

Correct IMO. It's not about his offensive scheme and play designs as a whole, it's his inability to get the offense in rhythm. Everybody watching from the couch knows the offense works better from up tempo and with Josh running the ball. We know it works better without random shot calls downfield that never work. But Dorsey for some reason can't see these obvious truths right in front of his face. Embedding this for you: Everybody knows that up tempo is a winning formula for our offense. Everybody except the one man that can do something about it.

What makes you think he wasn't prepared? I just think Dorsey has him in his own head with this system. Everything is too disjointed. Allen doesn't start running until it's too late. There are very few schemed up one-read throws like you see in pretty much every other offense. Our protection schemes get beaten frequently. WRs end up tripping over each other because their routes are next to each other. I described the play calling in the game thread as Dorsey reaching into a bag and randomly pulling out a play call, that's what it feels like to me. That's a lot of jumbled up thoughts, that was a long game and I'm tired. But im general I'm not remotely satisfied with Dorsey's overall management of the offense. His offense feels like it's run by A.I. He understands what play calls beat what coverages and progression design, etc., but he has no innate feel for the game.

Josh knows what's up: The game plan was to go away from what worked last week. It blows my mind.

The sad part is that DeAndre Hopkins was available and wanted to be here. Beane could have made it work but he failed to push in his chips. So with Davis's semi-regular vanishing act, now we're stuck relying on a rookie to be our #2, and we saw tonight rookie mistakes can be forced by a veteran well coached defense. I like Beane overall but failing to even try and upgrade Davis for two straight offseasons now is a fireable offense IMO.

What can McDermott and Dorsey say they are better than 95% of other coaches? What is their specialty? What advantage do we gain over other teams with their presence? I'm going to bet that everyone reading this post will come up empty with any kind of answer. I know the two of them are fine coaches. But they are not Super Bowl caliber.

Now comes the part where fans try to blame the players. The common denominator is one man.

McDermott made the exact same mistake he made against the Patriots on their final drive. He doesn't learn. He preaches growth mindset and accountability, but he doesn't show it.

And he all out blitzes!! In a critical play where all we want to do is stop the clock, he leaves his CBs on an island! So sick of this garbage.

That lost TO is unbelievable. It could change the game. Like it's legitimately shocking that McDermott would throw that away on an almost meaningless play.

This team takes on the persona of its coach - clueless situationally.

Are you for real Sean?? Do he and Dorsey not know how much time is on the clock?? Please Pegula, make the move! Give them until the end of the season, no reason not to, but then you have to try something else in the back half of Josh's career.

I get it. It's hard to feel optimistic with this coaching staff.

My only positive takeaway is that the offense found some kind of good momentum before Kincaid fumbled. Allen being willing to run when he feels like it is the key. It opens up the entire offense.

For sure. You live with rookie mistakes especially with all the potential he's been showing. The other guys involved in this loss, what's their excuse?

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Dorsey has no cohesiveness. He is reaching into a bag and pulling out plays at random.

Dorsey does not match up with some of the great DCs in our conference. He has no answer to get the offense in rhythm. We will never get past the other coaching staffs in the AFC until we make a change.

Lol that's the same route he got picked on earlier

Last week was a mirage. The Bucs played crazy off coverage which allowed a weak route runner like Davis to immediately flash open. He is the same player he always has been.

I am so sick of these ****ing option routes. Take them out of the playbook. When they are not on the same page it becomes a dangerous pass with a high turnover potential.