Ridiculous Linehan Critics (Lucky play)

[DoctorChicken]

That's kind of the point. It's not the right call because you are counting on that knucklehead who has shown time and time again you can't, on or off the field. He's a one trick pony that just isn't that good. Why we are so obsessed with him is beyond me.

What are you talking about?

 

[Gameover]

The play call was the right choice. Lucky had 40 yards of green grass in front of him had he not fumbled the ball.

Better hand off from the perfect one wouldn't have hurt.

 

[BHendri5]

He is a good play caller, but every now and then he calls a bad play, it seems or it could just be the defense happen to play better, the latter is what I believe, but I am not a fan of trick plays like the reverse too many things can and does go wrong. If you are calling trick plays then you have no plays, that is what I have always been told

 

[hendog]

Somehow that counts as a fumble against Zeke, which is dumb.

It should. It was a bad pitch. He should've handed it to him or pitched it sooner. It was late and high up around the shoulder pads. Would've been a big gain had they pulled it off.

 

[Gameover]

Broaddus

People listen to this tub of lard. Better yet: people give this tub of lards opinions credibility?

 

[Stash]

A lot of folks and even guys like Broaddus are criticizing the calls to give Lucky the ball.

Let me remind all the critics here of a little history some are conveniently forgetting.

It's a big game and we are on the road in Lambeau field. We are backed up on our own 11-yard line and its third and one. 45 second remain on the clock. If we don't convert we punt and Rogers will only need 20 yards to put points on the board for the Packers.

What does Lineman do? He runs the ball...using Lucky Whitehead. WTH?

And the play nets 26 launching a lightning drive where we score 7 points.

If one or two of those mis-direction plays with Lucky work last night...everyone is praising Linehan. Instead--despite a win and 430 yards against a top defense--we have a swarm of critics piling on.

Give it a break people. The Lucky runs have actually been generally high percentage this year and they are instrumental in keeping safeties from crashing down into the box.

Great point! It works once and fails twice - by your own admission - and you try to use that to 'scold' everybody.

Fail.

 

[T-RO]

I did , but I have to agree it wasnt the right time to call the one play, and no one blocked the guy who tackled him for a loss.

The other play was not the jet play, it was a different play and was not executed right.
Also Tampa defense is speed, so those plays might not work as well against them.

But hey lucky was back and we won ! So he may be our lucky mascot if anything?

Maybe the simpler Jet sweep would have been better there. I just think the criticism is overcooked.

 

[Daillest88]

I don't usually criticize him but they were just unnecessary last night. Just run and the intermediate passing game was so easy. They could not stop it.

This. Hey I understand if we are struggling and you wanna run that. But we were gashing them in the run. Linehan is outsmarting himself. We have all the talent in the world. 3rd and 2 should have been a no brainier running it up the middle , where we were having success all night

 

[JD_KaPow]

Giving the ball to Lucky is okay because we had a play that worked that one time.

Oooookay.

Lucky had 8 rushes on the season heading into this game. I assume they were all jet sweeps, because I don't remember him running on anything else. Here are the results:

CHI: 1st and 10, Whitehead for 3 yards.
SF: 1st and 10, Whitehead for 8 yards.
CIN: 2nd and 7, Whitehead for 9 yards.
GB: 3rd and 1, Whitehead for 26 yards.
PHI: 1st and 10, Whitehead for 17 yards.
CLE: 3rd and 3, Whitehead for 2 yards.
WAS: 1st and 10, Whitehead for 15 yards.
MIN: 3rd and 1, Whitehead for 6 yards, fumbles it away

It's been a very successful play for us, despite the fumble against MIN.

(Not defending the reverse, though.)

 

[Stash]

It was third and two. Perfect time for the Bucs to crash their safeties through a hole in the line in an attempt to stop a vanilla run.

Not one Lucky run all season had netted less than 2 yards all season. Not one.

Wow! Less than two yards? Incredible! Out of all 8 of them!

Prior to last night's two rushes for -4 yards and a fumble.

 

[Stash]

Seriously, bro? I'm talking about WHEN THE PLAY WAS CALLED.

When the play was called our history this season with lateral Lucky plays had not given us a negative result even once.

8 Games we'd run Lucky...never less than 2 yards. And an average of over 10 yards per play.

Some of your critics just can't keep up.

And neither can some fans who don't know what the hell theyre talking about.

Your attempted 'calling out' thread is an epic failure.

 

[Gameover]

he's 24-6 when he's had elite qbing. Jason garrett was basically .500 with elite qbing. and don't come at me with better ol. the ol isn't the reason we went 8-8 in '11-13, play calling is. That and poor defensive coordinators, still better PC and 10-6 were there for the taking in 2011 and 2013. only 1 playoff appearance during the Murray-Bryant-Romo era is ridiculous. and we wouldn't have had that one w/o Linehan

 

[T-RO]

If you are calling trick plays then you have no plays, that is what I have always been told

Do you know what team leads the league in trick plays?

The Patriots. Belichick doesn't hesitate. And they invent new ones all the time.

How about 39-year old Tom Brady as a receiver? When did the Pats use it? Third and short.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I wasn't upset about the calls because in part they are made to keep the defense honest. Lucky was responsible for dropping the reverse. The other jet sweep there was nothing Lucky could do, I think Linehan thought that the Bucs would assume that they would not give 2 hand offs to Lucky in a row.

And the end result isn't all that bad because now teams know that we are willing to use the jet sweep more than once in a game.




YR

 

[Gameover]

Not defending the reverse, though

The reverse would've worked with a better delivery from the perfect 1.

 

[Clove]

The problem I have with Lucky is that he's not a smart player. He comes running out of the end zone, dropped at the 14. He takes an easy pitch, fumbles it. What is his mind thinking, seriously? Plays like that need to be handed over to Dunbar and you can sit Lucky Whitehead until he's replaced in the off season. Players like him are a dime a dozen.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I find that I don't watch DC.com during the season much at all. They get to see one practice more than what we see and they do an extremely poor job but doing the most facile reports on them. I would rather form my own opinions.

Lucky was better earlier in the season but until we bring in someone else with speed he is the only guy we have. I fully expect a fast skill position player selected in the top 100 picks this summer.

 

[bsbellomy]

I did , but I have to agree it wasnt the right time to call the one play, and no one blocked the guy who tackled him for a loss.

The other play was not the jet play, it was a different play and was not executed right.
Also Tampa defense is speed, so those plays might not work as well against them.

But hey lucky was back and we won ! So he may be our lucky mascot if anything?

Nothing is the right time to call a play when it doesn't work. People question everything that doesn't work. But if Lucky didn't have fumble fingers we're talking about a whole lot more than a two yard run up the middle. Question the player not the play call.

 

[Stash]

The problem I have with Lucky is that he's not a smart player. He comes running out of the end zone, dropped at the 14. He takes an easy pitch, fumbles it. What is his mind thinking, seriously? Plays like that need to be handed over to Dunbar and you can sit Lucky Whitehead until he's replaced in the off season. Players like him are a dime a dozen.

Exactly. It's not just that the trick plays in those situations is asinine, it's the bonehead that you're depending on to execute those trick plays. An undependable half-wit who fumbles the ball a huge percentage of the time he handles it! A clown whose play and off-field screw-ups have gotten him benched and suspended.

 

[Idgit]

Lucky's had a rough couple of weeks here. The guy can't guy a break. Might be time to change the jersey number.

I had no problem with the play call, because it would have been a big play had it been executed properly. I had a problem with the execution.

On the Ayers play, that was just a great defensive play by him. Like, ridiculously good.