What happened to the pre-snap motion?

8FOR!3 said:

I can live with a loss, the fumbles, the team not playing their best, and etc. There were good things to be taken from the game on the defensive side. I don't want to be completely negative. But the team got away from what has been working for them under Kellen Moore. There should be zero "they played a better team defense" narrative. Did they? Sure. But there was a clear change in playcalling, especially in the run game. And the question that really needs to be posed is as simple as why? The formula thus far under Kellen has been catch the defense off guard by using presnap motion, subbing in Pollard, throwing more on first down, etc. etc. all of this has kept defenses on their toes. Today we knew watching at home before the snap when the run up the gut was coming and so did the Saints defense.

Why the sudden change of philosophy? Kellen Moore was obviously calling the plays today but was there something going on behind the scenes this week with scheming for this game differently? I have a hard time believing if Kellen was the head coach (and I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be) that this is how he would have called this game.

Sure, Saints sold out on the run on first and second down. So did the Giants and they're historically pretty solid at stopping the run the past few years, but we schemed excellently against them. Why'd we get so vanilla today? The question really needs to be posed instead of just jumping to emotional conclusions. I think the team's gameplan on offense set the team up for failure. If a rookie coordinator just didn't call a very good game, I can live with it, but does anybody else have a hard time believing that's how Kellen wanted to call that game? Idk, thoughts, opinions, maybe if I'm lucky reporters asking some tough questions...

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efh313 said:

You are speaking to my heart right now!
This is absolutely what I saw and the same question I want answered:

WHY!?

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JJHLH1 said:

No Gallup (huge loss) and a banged up Cooper.

And the offensive line failed to win the trenches.

With our 2 lost fumbles it’s actually surprising we only lost by 2 points.

Disappointing that Pollard didn’t get a single carry.

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8FOR!3 said:

I can live with a loss, the fumbles, the team not playing their best, and etc. There were good things to be taken from the game on the defensive side. I don't want to be completely negative. But the team got away from what has been working for them under Kellen Moore. There should be zero "they played a better team defense" narrative. Did they? Sure. But there was a clear change in playcalling, especially in the run game. And the question that really needs to be posed is as simple as why? The formula thus far under Kellen has been catch the defense off guard by using presnap motion, subbing in Pollard, throwing more on first down, etc. etc. all of this has kept defenses on their toes. Today we knew watching at home before the snap when the run up the gut was coming and so did the Saints defense.

Why the sudden change of philosophy? Kellen Moore was obviously calling the plays today but was there something going on behind the scenes this week with scheming for this game differently? I have a hard time believing if Kellen was the head coach (and I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be) that this is how he would have called this game.

Sure, Saints sold out on the run on first and second down. So did the Giants and they're historically pretty solid at stopping the run the past few years, but we schemed excellently against them. Why'd we get so vanilla today? The question really needs to be posed instead of just jumping to emotional conclusions. I think the team's gameplan on offense set the team up for failure. If a rookie coordinator just didn't call a very good game, I can live with it, but does anybody else have a hard time believing that's how Kellen wanted to call that game? Idk, thoughts, opinions, maybe if I'm lucky reporters asking some tough questions...

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JJHLH1 said:

No Gallup (huge loss) and a banged up Cooper.

And the offensive line failed to win the trenches.

With our 2 lost fumbles it’s actually surprising we only lost by 2 points.

Disappointing that Pollard didn’t get a single carry.

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75boyz said:

Advance apologies if this seems to hijack your post, but it bears mentioning that priorities in a single NFL game can change bunches of time throughout the course of the game for multiple times based on changing conditions...

Whole NFL season priorities can change based on specific conditions as well.that
With that said, If Tyron Smith is out for a substantial period of time, the entire priority of the offense is compromised because of all that he provides. It really is the one true take away from this game.

It's like the nexxus holding everything else together basically.

Apologies again. The several questions that need to be answered is how will Coach Garrett use Fleming and/or additional blockers to help Moore's offense during Smith's absence.

There in lies the answer to the season if answered effectively. If not, as was posted about, it's just another 2017 flashback and replayed all over again.

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Zman5 said:

JG probably thought since we beat them last year using his crappy scheme, we use it again this year instead of using all the things that made our offense dynamic in past 3 games.

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