(11-13-2023, 11:32 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(11-13-2023, 10:09 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: https://twitter.com/E_Dilla/status/17240...86638?s=20

Press has to... tighten up against the tacks. That's what I gather there.

Interesting. Maybe Doug says [BLEEP] it and takes over if the first few drives are bad.

Trying to get his staff over in Philadelphia cost him his job, but, we'll see.

To be fair. His offensive line with the Eagles was leaps and bounds better than the horse [BLEEP] Baalke has compiled.

Not even close. The RB room was better equally. So was the TE room. As well as the defensive front.

This team is still a long way from leaping the big two or three in the AFC. Its sad but true. We're a one and done play off team at this point if we get in.

Unless that line improves drastically.

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Something has to change.  A lot of us have been saying how the offense doesn't look like it did last year.  And while it's true the O-Line is not as effective this year as last, it is not the O-Line alone that is to blame.

Scoring 3 points?  Having sloppy execution.  Not even trying to target Ridley in the first half?  The offensive game planning, the schemes, when certain plays are called.  Why certain plays are continued to be called even when it's clear they are not working...  These are all on the OC.  Press is the one calling the game and in charge of the offense.  This offense looks sloppy, is ineffective in the red zone, and has no explosivity in passing plays.  Everything is in the flat or on a 7-10 yard crosser.  

Last year our offense looked like a legit NFL offense.  We look like the same old jags this year.  And yes, the O-Line is a problem.  But so is the coaching.  And guess what?  We really can't fix the O-Line right now...  But Pederson could take over the game planning and play calling right now.  I'm not even saying Press Taylor is a bad OC.  Heck, we will probably still win 10 games and likely make the playoffs.  Press is a mediocre, average, OC.  And with the talent at QB that's worth 8-10 games a year and makes us a perennial playoff contender.

But the offense that we ran last year, the game planning and play calling from last year, the rout concepts, showed we can be better than just a play off contender.  Pederson can get us there.  Press clearly. cannot.

3 points is just not acceptable.  And to lay the blame solely on the 0-Line is ridiculous.

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