(09-17-2024, 10:16 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: (09-17-2024, 09:42 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: It was a good call. Damn near worked to perfection.
If the LG/C could combine to block one guy it's either a TD or a first down in FG range.
They bungled that blocking assignment - so here we are raging about it.
I don't mind aggressive play-calling. I hope to see more of it.
Crazy how much whining there was here last year with fans BEGGING for more downfield passing, play action, less dink and dunk etc.
Now it's the devil because we had the audacity to try it backed up to our end zone.
It was an unconventional call but I like it. You don't. Great.
But the NFL is all about situational calls, plays, recognition, and execution. That was one of Bill Bellicheck's mantras along with do your job. Putting all the player through every situation mentally so they were prepared to face them in game.
If anything that is what this team has repeatedly failed at over the past 2 seasons, from multiple different players, coaches, and FO staff. And the play call at that moment seems reflective of that disconnect. You can definitely be aggressive, but some of us feel that was the situationally a wrong moment for to go balls to the wall.
On top of that, they were aggressive on that play but the play designs/scheme didn't have enough fudge factor to work unless every does their jobs perfectly there. The other team gets paid too, so cannot just expect all the things to fall in your favor. You cannot just say block Miles Garret when he is on the short list for best player in the NFL. You have to expect for "when Garret gets pressure how can the blocking be set up so we still have time for the play to work"? So to run that play but have no chip help on Garrett when you know T-Law needs time and won't have space, or not design it so the pocket moves a bit to buy some time makes it feel even more frustrating. Or recognize that at the 2 yard line, you cannot block him or others well enough to have that time because of the limited pocket space.
Again, the failure was at C/G failing to keep a single DT from collapsing the pocket collectively. Blocking Garrett a bit better would have been nice, but he was pushed wide enough if TL had a pocket to step into.
I fail to see how they (C/G) were put in a bad situation there. Should have been a cakewalk if they understood their role.
Yes, they could have done something more conventional (that Clevland had been defending well all day) and hope to take a shot later, but I just don't mind pulling the trigger when they did.
Saying the NFL is all about situational calls is also a gross overstatement and a concept that is in flux as offenses evolve.
