(09-11-2022, 07:01 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(09-11-2022, 06:45 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: The coach always needs some blame, but I think Doug made the right adjustments at halftime. If you recall, most of the pressure early on came from Washington rushing wide. They were not allowing him to roll out of the pocket AT ALL. This is what made our offense look so horrific after the first drive. Doug stopped that by half-time and didn't do it at all in the second half. Pretty much the only time TL left the pocket was when he was forced out or backpedaled instead of stepping up. Personally, I would have caused some QB draws to exploit that, but I understand why you might not want to do that with your star QB. TL can improve, but I think Doug made the right adjustments, not the wrong ones... at least as it pertains to getting TL out of the pocket. 

That said, I think people on here are too hard on TL generally speaking. I am empathetic to TL's first overthrows. If you've ever played QB, adrenaline is a real problem early in the game. That normally goes away after your first few games. He's still new, but he HAS to fix that. Also, my concerns for him coming out of college are still valid: He tends to miss a more open guy for one that the play is designed to go to, and he still doesn't throw his receivers open. I don't know how much of the former is on the coaches, but the latter HAS to change. 

I don't know if he'll ever be a generational talent, but some of you guys have a short memory. He throws a MUCH better ball than any QB we've had in a long time, and it's not like there are a bunch of QBs out there that can replace him. My hope is that we see week to week improvement under Doug, and that some of these passes aren't TL missing the open receiver but being hamstrung by the coaches early on. 

That pass he made to end the game was really the only terrible play made by TL that is inexcusable. I still think he underestimates the speed of defensive linemen in this league. Those boys are FAST. The rest of his mistakes are growing pains, imo. Hope he works this stuff out. Still, we could have won this game with his play if not for leaving some points on the table.

I don't think his approach or adjustments made with Lawrence were wrong. I think his lack of approaching the redzone with two competent runningbacks and getting them a lot more involved in general was wrong.

15 carries for Robinson and Etienne combined? With just 4 for Etienne? That's gross. You can tell Doug was absolutely a QB with the play calling today. LOL.

Again, not going to kill him over one game. But, when you're seeing really, really good runs out of your better players on offense? Keep it going.

Funny enough. Your concerns with Lawrence not being able to throw his receivers open could be potentially alleviated when a defense has to cheat up and respect the running game. It was an obvious fix today and glaringly overlooked.

Offensive line couldn't handle the pass protection duties consistently enough but they were creating wiggle room in the running game. Keep running it until they stifle it or get ahead of it with heavier formations.

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