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rpr52121 · 10-17-2022, 12:17 PM

(10-12-2022, 10:34 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:
(10-10-2022, 10:57 PM)OzJohnnie Wrote: Thank you.

The failure of the passing game is what throws this team out of balance. You want to run more? Hit your passes.

Well, opposed to last year when you trotted out this same backwards logic, it actually somewhat applies to our current coach's philosophy.

You kept trying to use this last season as a way to bash the QB and it was asinine.

Now, we actually have a coach with a "pass to run" philosophy.

Unfortunately, he'd be well served to relinquish that philosophy in certain matchups and it appears he will not.

Pederson is smart about using short and intermediate passing to set up running lanes for his backs in subsequent plays.
This often means ZBS runs and other play designs meant to create space via misdirection and pre-snap movement.

We didn't really do any of that stuff last year by comparison.

2 issues with this approach:

1. If you aren't hitting those passes and you stick with this balance - you are robbing talented backs of valuable opportunity to move the ball and rushing your defense back out very quickly w/o rest

2. You don't really have to do much passing to set up those misdirection run plays - just run them - they work fine on their own without the set up

sidenote: Lest one be confused - the Pederson philosophy doesn't mean you have to pass on first down - it means he will call a particular balance of pass vs run to establish what he sees as better success for his run playbook

The concept of keeping defenses honest by doing multiple things from one look is age-old and there are lots of ways to skin the proverbial cat.

Personally - when our backs (or one of them even) is ripping off big gain after big gain - I'd much prefer to continue feeding them the ball than to switch it up and call three straight passes. Therein lies my only gripe with Doug thus far, and at this point it is still pretty minor.

(10-17-2022, 11:55 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:
(10-10-2022, 10:57 PM)OzJohnnie Wrote: Thank you.

The failure of the passing game is what throws this team out of balance. You want to run more? Hit your passes.

Did you learn anything about this bad take from yesterday's game?

Honestly it feels more like the passing, play action, and running don't seem to play off each other enough. It feels pretty rare to see the defense be completely fooled by a play call, misdirections, or play action. Not sure if there are tendencies, tell ins formation/players on field, or what.