Quote:Since the issue with the play calling was the whole second half, I would have stuck with the run more.  Also, I would immediately throw the 3 yard out route out of the playbook.  If we are looking to get a short pass to a RB, bring the RB back a few yards like you see done by every other team.  What's the best case scenario for that 3 yard out?  5 yards?  Worst case scenario is a pick six.  Doesn't make sense.  High risk, low reward.

 

Even when we were down by 8 points, we didn't need to be in a hurry up and score mode.  We had a whole quarter to work with. 

 

This play call? https://vine.co/v/eFVBZq6iuJK

 

Watching that play, it looks like a complete miss by Blake. Its one of those things that a young QB (or terrible one) does, where they decide to go pre-snap without adjusting. Maybe its his 1st read, but he should have came off it. Watch the action in the middle of the field.

 

Greene(?) would have been wide-open as the TE looks like he was going to run a corner route and had dragged the LB up field for an instant. The nickel (which was lined up with Greene presnap), looks like he had responsibility on the deeper route that the LB tried to cover. If Blake looks at that quick throw to the RB and read it correctly post-snap (not open) and immediately comes back to the other side of the field...he would have had a wide open WR going against their backup MLB.

 

Isn't this exactly what some of you were suggesting we do? Stress their backup? Except in this case, not only did we stress the backup (and successfully did so), we uh..actually managed to put him on a mismatch against a shifty WR in Greene. This should have been, at the very least a 5 yard gain + YAC by the WR.

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