SirAndrew

I hear you, that’s just not a spot where I’m testing Tre. Three points on the board might have won the game for the Phish. Fitz has always struggled with his arm strength getting the ball outside the numbers toward the sideline. Doing so against a guy like Tre is not something I’m doing in that spot if I have Fitz arm strength. Maybe I shouldn’t use the word “boneheaded”, but Fitz never seems to recognize his own physical limitations. He could play much smarter football if he did so, it just seems few people ever question his decision making because you know, he went to Harvard.

Yeah, even when he plays great, he makes some boneheaded decision that loses the game. I truly believe the Phish win if Fitz doesn’t decide to test Tre along the sideline yesterday.

Ironically, I’m one of those people complaining about not running the ball enough. I’m also someone who’s been complaining about our offense being outdated for the last decade. Right now Allen is a young quarterback who is learning on the job. Allen typically has a lot of hot and cold streaks during the course of a game. I just wish Daboll would recognize when Allen gets flustered, and slow the game down a for him by running the ball. Gore was breaking off ten yard runs against an historically poor opponent, there was no reason to run the offense like you have Rodgers or Brees back there. I’d prefer to let Allen learn before throwing so much responsibility on him. QB’s like Brady and Roethlisberger were not who they are today when they won their first titles. They played on teams that took advantage of having great defense while easing their young QB into a future role of carrying the team.

The day of a big dominant play making number one WR being a necessity is over. There’s a variety of ways to put points on the board these days, and having a guy like Brown as the number one is more than good enough. With that said, the most important element in a modern offense is having more than one guy who can step up. Moving forward it’s going to be crucial for guys behind Brown and Beasley to make plays.

There we go, running changes everything.

There’s a quality throw. Allen looks much different when it’s not pass after pass in the spread offense. Tough break for Duke, and our offense.

Allen’s not progressing, and I’m slightly concerned about that

Keep running Gore, or Daboll needs walk back to Bama tomorrow.

Wow, a run, but why DeMarco. Come on.

Yep, and I’m sure they’ll come out throwing.

Nice play Tre, but he didn’t score. I don’t even want to watch Allen try to play QB while Daboll pretends to be an OC.

Terrible coaching today all around. We look unprepared.

Run the ball, Allen is clearly rattled, and against a team they should beat it’s best to slow the game down for the young QB. Daboll has no feel for the flow of a game.

I’m just as frustrated that we’re slinging the ball all over the field, on a day when Allen clearly doesn’t have it.

Ok, I’m already to fire Daboll ASAP.

Agree, with that said, if the defense is what we say it is, they need to start shutting down the Fish now. Otherwise I’d consider them a bit of a fraud.

Agree. The run game compliments elite defense, and Allen isn’t at a point in his career where I want him throwing 30 times a game. He needs more time to grow into that role.

Why do we hate the run game?

Gross, reminds me of the 2000’s Bills. Time for Allen to prove things are different by stepping up.

Daboll tries too hard to be smart, and I think I post that every week during the game, but it’s growing tiresome.

Yeah, he’s failing to establish an identity. Gore is breaking off ten yard runs, then we go into a spread offense. Run the clock and put 7 on the board against a team you should beat easily.

Daboll has no direction as to what he wants this offense to be, that scares me. It should be coming together a little better at this point in the year.

Our offense is maddening. They show brief flashes of brilliance, followed by stagnant play. That falls on Allen and Daboll both being inconsistent.

Yeah, I didn’t really think about PS vs active roster. I still don’t see the point though, because under no circumstance do I ever want this guy to touch the football.

I don’t know what they see in this guy. I get it, he’s just filling a roster spot, but I’m not sure he can contribute anything positive. We got rid of Zay, the McBeane regime (which I do like) always seems to need at least one guy who’s capable of singlehandedly losing a game in limited action.