Chuck 54
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I don't want to defend Garrett or any of the coaches, but I also don't want to defend the players.
Defense: The defense played their hearts out in the first half. Anyone who says differently is full of it. They ran to the ball; they hit like crazy, and they allowed a very potent offense 1 td and a 50 yard FG. Heath was blowing guys up, and even the receptions were great catches well defended. Without Lee in the second half and the offense clearly not going to do its part, they seemed to fade and lose that edge in a huge way.
Offense: Linehan is the playcaller and orchestrator of the offense; we also have an OL coach.
Green was given help on many plays, but not all plays. After he got beaten early, he had Morris or Smith on his side on several plays. Sometimes they rolled Cooper to help him and Cooper was taking the inside away, but Green was still slow to get outside despite having inside help; that's just crazy. There is no way in hell, Linehan, Garrett or the OL coach could have predicted that the same Chaz Green who filled in admirably last year at LT without help would suddenly look like a slowfooted OG playing LT for the first time.
I'm sure, even after the first 3 sacks, they probably still figured he'd shore it up. The reason they had to get him out of the game is because you cannot give a guy help on every single play, especially when the RT and the guys up the middle are getting beaten as well, and you hope your back will pick up a blitz as well.
Yes, we all agree it was ridiculous, and coaches are to be held responsible, but it's not like we were throwing a guy we brought in off the streets to the wolves. This was a guy we all thought was a high performing LT when healthy, so naturally, you keep thinking he's going to figure it out and cut the DE off. And after you roll Cooper to him in case the DE goes inside with a power move, you certainly expect Green to at least be able to jump outside in time to force the guy inside. There's literally no explanation for it.
Defense: The defense played their hearts out in the first half. Anyone who says differently is full of it. They ran to the ball; they hit like crazy, and they allowed a very potent offense 1 td and a 50 yard FG. Heath was blowing guys up, and even the receptions were great catches well defended. Without Lee in the second half and the offense clearly not going to do its part, they seemed to fade and lose that edge in a huge way.
Offense: Linehan is the playcaller and orchestrator of the offense; we also have an OL coach.
Green was given help on many plays, but not all plays. After he got beaten early, he had Morris or Smith on his side on several plays. Sometimes they rolled Cooper to help him and Cooper was taking the inside away, but Green was still slow to get outside despite having inside help; that's just crazy. There is no way in hell, Linehan, Garrett or the OL coach could have predicted that the same Chaz Green who filled in admirably last year at LT without help would suddenly look like a slowfooted OG playing LT for the first time.
I'm sure, even after the first 3 sacks, they probably still figured he'd shore it up. The reason they had to get him out of the game is because you cannot give a guy help on every single play, especially when the RT and the guys up the middle are getting beaten as well, and you hope your back will pick up a blitz as well.
Yes, we all agree it was ridiculous, and coaches are to be held responsible, but it's not like we were throwing a guy we brought in off the streets to the wolves. This was a guy we all thought was a high performing LT when healthy, so naturally, you keep thinking he's going to figure it out and cut the DE off. And after you roll Cooper to him in case the DE goes inside with a power move, you certainly expect Green to at least be able to jump outside in time to force the guy inside. There's literally no explanation for it.
