(11-14-2023, 01:36 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(11-14-2023, 01:15 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Just a little thought for those getting hung up on Taylor's play calls.

If Pederson were calling the plays this year (and we know he can intervene whenever he wants to) - but if he were calling them from the sideline - he would be calling plays from the same playsheet Press Taylor is calling from.

They designed the plays together.
Pederson makes the game plan with Taylor's input.
The same sheet would be in either guy's hands on game day with the same early script (or darn near), and the same intent of focus.

The only thing that would change is that Doug is probably better at keeping defenses on their heels in the way he mixes up his calls.

So - you have to ask yourself: Is that enough to make up for what is happening on the offensive line? Is that enough to save Trevor from a hurried internal clock after taking so many hits? Is that going to change individual matchups during the run blocking failures?

I'm sure it would help offensive production a bit.
I just don't think it would alter any of these 3 losses so far.

This offense is having the same problems it had last year, they are just exacerbated by even worse line play and the entire league having a ton of tape on it. The difference in the early season record has come largely from the defense.

That's what I was saying earlier. Some guys just have a better overall feel and sense of how a game is going and it's probably to Pederson's advantage at this point to take over play calling duties again. He's been on record at some point, believe it was last year, where, he said if the offense was not moving well due to his play calling he would fork the duties over to Press or somebody else.

Maybe Doug knows when to call the perfect tendency breaker or pallet cleanser on offense. Something Press lacks in his experience.

Well, it's clearly been different this year Vs. last year. Think it's time for the master to take back over the steering wheel and let the student sit back in the passenger seat for awhile because we need to get this offense moving somehow with eight games left. Need to get them driving in the right direction. Would it alter the three losses? Probably not.

The first two losses happened back in September. It was primarily on execution. You had a number of crucial drops and fumbles that left plenty of points on the board with the Chiefs and then you had some really bad breakdowns on defense with the tinhorns and that crazy FB run for a TD on special team's that broke the camel's back in that one. 

Outside of that? This offense has still been very, very ho-hum, even in their six wins. The 57% completion percentage on 3rd and short or 4th and short is down from last year. The redzone struggles are worse than last year's redzone struggles. The fact that the NFL is catching up to us with tape is even more evident in my opinion that Doug should take back over.

Goes back to looking ahead, anticipating the defensive alignments, blitzes and looks. What do we have to lose by giving Doug the reigns back a bit on offense? Other than more football games? What hurts more? Losing games and a chance at making the play-off's and letting your team, fans and legacy down? Or, hurting the ego, maybe, of a young offensive coordinator that's chasing his brother's success in Cincinatti?

BUt there's the rub, coaching doesn't change the fact that we can't power run the ball and other teams know it. That's why red zone is down, that's why short yardage is an adventure in futility, because they know what we can't do and so sell out on what we can. Vic Ketchman used to say that about quarterbacks, the defense figures out what you can't do and that's the only thing they let you do. Changing the play call isn't fixing that because what you could change it to we simply cannot do with these guys. That's why we need the Smoke N Mirrors, becaus we are not capable of just playing physical football.

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