The play calling is a joke. How is it that every team we face, they're able to get their play makers open with pick plays and we're not, nor do we know how to defend them? That's a coaching issue.
Yeah other coaches are creative. We expect our guy to beat their guy one on one. So when our main guys go down with injuries, our "next man up mantra" means that now we are relying on our second string guy to beat their first string guy straight up. It's not happening and we are losing.
Garret played on the great 90's teams with Emmitt, Troy and Irvin. In that era and with that team they were so good that they just manhandled people. Our 11 guys on offense would be able to beat their 11 guys on defense even when the defense knew we were running with Emmitt. Michael Irvin could beat double teams and Alvin Harper could beat single coverage. The oline could beat the defense's front seven. Those teams' offense relied on man to man our guy would beat their guy every time. And rarely did this fail. Example given, Erik Williams vs Reggie white both when he was a Eagle and as a Packer. Erik's job was to go out there and eliminate the Reggie White, and he did it in several games and playoffs. Another example, Kevin Smith vs. Jerry Rice. We basically told Kevin Smith to stop Jerry Rice
Garret needs to understand 2 very important things.
1. That team was built right before FA and the salary cap. 92, 93, and 94 we were 3 deep at every position. FA took those teams away (and Switzer didn't help either). This is a different Era of of football. Jimmy Johnson was not successful in this era of football when he coached the dolphins. George Seifert (coach of the '94 niners that beat us) never coached another team after FA. The NFL nowadays is not about your guy beating the guy across from him in a straight up. With FA and salary cap that type of roster and gameplan is gone. No team can do that.
2. I spent so much tyime on point 1 I forgot point 2. If I remember it I will post it later. But I am really happy with point number 1. No team can do what the Cowboys and the niners did in the early 90's. Just too much talent. NFL rosters now are too thin due to salary cap and FA. Garret please get with the times and ADJUST, ADJUST, ADJUST