(10-09-2023, 08:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(10-09-2023, 08:36 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Tired of the play calling narrative. Again, this team was a few key drops and a fumble away in week two from being a 4 - 1 football team. Enough with the [BLEEP] already. The play calls obviously work when the players execute and do their [BLEEP] jobs.

Time to move on guys. We know what the issues are. Bad offensive line play. Rust that needed to come off of Ridley. Ball security with Agnew. Some of that can be shored up. Some of that can be worked around to some extent.

Someone once said, "Football is a game of mistakes."  And we see it every week.  Penalties, dropped passes, fumbles, and execution.  That's half the battle.  Play calling is way overrated as a determining factor.

Football is also a game of tendencies.  We came into yesterdays game having a tendency to run up the middle with Elite-EN on first downs. Yesterday, we ran more off-tack runs than I've seen all season.  We also ran a few sweeps that I don't think I ever saw.

So when we ran up the middle, the defense couldn't key on the tendencies we've been doing all year long.

I mean, I'll die on this hill.  I get it, that you guys think this game plan and play calling looked exactly like it did from the prior 3 games.  But You're just wrong.  We threw on 1st down more often in this game than we did the entire season.  That alone proves how wrong you guys are. 

We litterally were throwing on 1st down.  That was literally not what we did at all the entire season so far.  And yet, you guys are telling me this is the same play calling and game plan as every other week?

Ya'll lost your minds.

EDIT:  I went back and read over the play by play for the 1st half...

Run up the middle with ETN on 1st Down:  2

Run Outside with ETN or WR on 1st Down:  4 

Pass Play on 1st Down:  9

I mean, were you really watching the game and thinking the play calling and play scheme on offense was the same??!?!  C'mon.

And this isn't even including all the play action passing we did, or the number of times Lawrence was actually under center versus shotgun! This game plan, offensively looked completely different than the last 4 games of this season.

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