(11-15-2023, 11:00 AM)Hurricane Wrote:

(11-15-2023, 10:42 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It makes a difference, however, he's not been very active this year so it goes back to the main point. What is the coaching staff doing? Also, I can very EASILY counter argue that having Ridley in this offense this year should be opening up more opportunities and creativity for Kirk, Engram and Etienne in the passing game but it's not happening enough. 

Again, you drafted thirteen players back in April. You kept one undrafted receiver in Cooks. When or where are we going to start giving him more meaningful looks and opportunities? At this point. I have to start questioning the coaching staff, because, they've failed to fix the offensive line challenges whether it's personnel or play calls. They've failed in getting Bigsby going as a 3rd RD investment. They're failing in getting Lawrence to see and connect with Strange when he's given the few opportunities to go run routes. 

Ridley is being used poorly. Needs to be used in motion more, find better match-up's for him. Get other folks involved in different avenues and lanes of opportunities out there. I just keep seeing excuse after excuse after excuse and I am tired of it. It's the middle of November. I pray we see something different this Sunday. Again, enough of the excuses.

You really can't grasp the effect a bad oline has on a team huh?

Not one of them players are worth a [BLEEP] if Trevor doesn't have the time to get the ball to them. Exactly what we've seen all season.

(11-15-2023, 11:25 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-15-2023, 11:00 AM)Hurricane Wrote: You really can't grasp the effect a bad oline has on a team huh?

Not one of them players are worth a [BLEEP] if Trevor doesn't have the time to get the ball to them. Exactly what we've seen all season.

Yeah - to my eyes it really is the line causing at least 80% of the problems for this offense. 

Trevor (as a result of consistently poor line play) has fallen back into some poor decision making, but again, it's stemming from the root problem.

Caldrac has perfectly fine suggestions/gripes about receiver usage, but unfortunately that stuff is also hindered by... 
well, you know. 

I'll be anxious/excited to see what adjustments are made, but I don't know if they are going to be all that effective when facing the AFC's best defenses. We just don't have the horses up front IMO. 

We're trying to lean out the fuel mix and change the racing slicks on a drag car that simply has 400 less horsepower than the better opponents we have to eliminate. The OL is a centerpiece of the offense just like the motor in that drag car. Pretty hard to overcome a straight up better motor in the lane next to you.

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."