(09-19-2023, 07:33 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(09-19-2023, 03:56 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Doug Pederson isn't calling the plays. 

I mean, I'm sure he's regulating the calls to a degree, but he isn't actually calling the plays.

Now, he is definitely making final decisions on a game plan, and I really hope he plans to get ETN cooking in this one. 
TE blocking - whether inside or out -  should help. All of that is great. I hope they do it. 

You mentioned a bag of tricks. I think the bag of tricks is what hurt us vs the chefs. 
I want him to stay OUT of the bag of tricks and run the damn football 20 times before the 4th quarter starts. 
Even the screens and short to intermediate passes can stay relatively simple. 
We have players that can win their match ups (minus a few linemen he must account for) and he does not need "tricks" to outgun the texans IMO. Didn't really need them vs the chefs either. 

It's time to revert to the old KISS method for this offense.

Keep
It
Simple,
Stupid

You missed the first part of the 2nd post.  "Not necessarily trick plays but just creative play calling".  He needs to mix it up and get creative on offense.  We def need to run the ball more.  I thought we drafted Tank and Strange to help us in short yardage situations and the dont use them like that.  Even running the ball we you can get creative in run calls.  Doug and Reid have always done it and Press has learned from Doug.

They have  been pretty creative with their run calls IMO. It's just resulting in more missed blocks when I look at the tape. 
They've got struggling linemen overthinking their blocking assignments. 

They are also over thinking the RB passes that are an extension of the run game IMO. 

Every screen or RB pass play doesn't need 3 different decoys. 
Sometimes a simple QB look to the left sideline receiver followed quickly by a swing pass to the right is all you need. 

Don't get me wrong - I don't want a Doug Marrone power run game lining up against a stacked box and daring them to stop us. I just think they can lose about half of the bells and whistles. 

Tired of seeing Ben Bartch fish a protractor out of his sock so he can navigate a path to pull-block between Scherff and Harrison only to run squarely into Fortner who just got bull-rushed into next Wednesday in .5 seconds flat. 

Make it simple for these guys until they can execute something.

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(09-19-2023, 08:23 PM)BaLLin4Life Wrote: Division games are a crapshoot.

We better come to play and win because if we dont I'm gonna have a huge meltdown

Welcome.

Looks like you'll fit in just fine.

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