(10-11-2020, 09:19 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(10-11-2020, 08:46 PM)Predator Wrote: He is not the coordinator. You run the plays that are called. Dinking and dunking is Gruden's gameplan.

We saw last year he isn't afraid to throw down field, but plays have to be designed to go down field as an early option.

When the deep route is the third or fourth option in your progression, you will tend to hold the ball to long because by the time you get through the progression and then set up to go deep, the pass rush is on to you.

But that's not on Minshew. That's on Gruden's play design.

Gruden's play calling makes the offense one dimensional and on top of that, he guarantees a pass play pretty much every time Thompson takes the field by only giving him 6 carries in 5 games which allows the defense to go in full pass prevent mode. Even Robinson's fumble was a pass play that that didn't work.

Gruden is making this offense incredibly difficult to run, and for Minshew to be able to at least get something out of this offense while Gruden does every stupid thing possible to to make it easy to defend is pretty impressive.

He's checking down too much. That's on him.

He is having to check down because Gruden turns the offense one dimensional and the defense can concentrate on coverage and rushing the QB. Gruden is allowing the defense to make that his only available option.

Tom Brady in his prime wouldn't flourish under Gruden's easily read and defended one dimensional dink and dunk play calling.

When you call about 55 pass plays against the worst run defense in the league you are completely out of touch with how to run an offensive game plan and easy prey for even the worst defenses in the league. That's not on Minshew.

Maybe getting fired from Washington damaged his psyche because each game he has looked more and more incompetent as an OC.

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