Rolled the dice before kickoff at WR and lost

[ondaedg]

I couldn't figure out why we were lining up tight ends wide when we went down by 2 scores. Then I checked the inactives and there was Devin Smith. So when Cooper went down we had to go with Witten, Schultz and Jarwin. Not exactly the guys you want lining up when you need big chunks of yards and scores.

And that is likely why we decided to start grinding it out with Elliott because we were short handed at WR and had 3 active TEs. The biggest coaching blunder on Sunday was making Smith a healthy scratch with a gimpy Cooper and Cobb already ruled out. They rolled the dice that Cooper wouldn't have a setback and lost the bet.

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE know why the hell Devin Smith is inactive? What is up with that? I've seen him on the sidelines of games so it's not like he's unavailable. Something fishy is going on in the locker room here...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Just add this to the list of things I see every game that I don't understand.

 

[ondaedg]

Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE know why the hell Devin Smith is inactive? What is up with that? I've seen him on the sidelines of games so it's not like he's unavailable. Something fishy is going on in the locker room here...

Great question. He is a guy who will force DBs and safeties to think twice about crowding the line of scrimmage.

 

[fivetwos]

Especially going up against his old team.

Would have been quite motivated and may have made the difference.

Yeah just another item for the long list of mind bogglingly hideous decisions by this clown act.

 

[ondaedg]

Just add this to the list of things I see every game that I don't understand.

We spread the ball around to our WRs in games 1-3 with great success. Then all of a sudden we start moving back to conservative player sets and deactivating the guys who would actually scare DCs. No sir I don't get it.

 

[charron]

Does schultz play ST? Why is he even active? They could have plugged Olawale somewhere out there, it's not like he hasn't played wr before his pro days.

 

[HungryLion]

You mean, Garret made a dumb decision and it came back to bite him.

Big surprise.

 

[Pantone282C]

Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE know why the hell Devin Smith is inactive? What is up with that? I've seen him on the sidelines of games so it's not like he's unavailable. Something fishy is going on in the locker room here...

Not what I would do. Also, why bring in Ventell Bryant from the squad when you have Cedrick Wilson and Smith?

 

[AmericanCowboy]

This is a great point. Garrett is an idiot- that is the best answer to this!

 

[ondaedg]

Our three TEs were 8/69 yds. Ball control stats.

 

[Teague31]

Yep. Cooper came in hobbled and Cobb was ruled out. Absolutely moronic to suit ventral Bryant over smith. No excuse. And you always play they guy with a revenge narrative. Always. Just one of a thousand dumb moves by a dumb coaching staff