RJ_MacReady
It's all in the reflexes
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..and by that, I mean it was really on the following:
- Special Teams. Miffed P/R, followed by Switzer letting a punt bounce down around the 5 in the following punt instead of fielding it and then allowing the long return from their P/R (or was it K/R?). The ST really killed momentum at the end of the first half.
- Garrett/Linehan. Do I need to explain this?
- Offensive line/Witten. Like Broaddus says "I think you need to watch the tape". Every single O-linesman was beat and beat more than once. The Great Wall of Dallas, they are not.
- Marinelli. This soft crap in between the 20's isn't cutting it against efficient offenses. We're the Patriots'/Falcons wet dream of a defense to dismantle. Take some friggin' chances. We aren't getting off the field on 3rd down, so throw in some blitzes once in awhile!
- Heath Experiment is over. I was a strong advocate for him due to his spotty "play making" ability in the past, but he sold me a false sale of goods. Start Woods in his spot.
- Jaylon Smith. At this point, he's a liability every where except for pursuit/gang tackles. He just plain gets washed out of run plays heading towards him. Hopefully Hitchens comes back because we're getting gouged at the MLB spot.
Dak wasn't the problem tonight. For the missed throws he had, he more than made up for it with playing off-script. Bottom line, he did enough to win you the game. Even if Aaron Rodgers was in there, he wouldn't be able to do much more with that Tecmo-Bowl offensive scheme we've stubbornly been running. We've gotten away with it in 2014 and 2016 because our O-line/run game was dominant, but these predictable, long developing pass routes aren't efficient enough. The simplistic passing game is the Achilles heal when the defenses know you're going to pass...always has been. We're rubbing sticks together to create fire while everyone else have BIC lighters. We have to adopt more quick slants, rub routes and pick plays. We can't seem to work screen passes without tipping out hat, so cut that crap out, too! Overall, we don't have the WR guns to play the style of game that Garrett believes is best.
And as an added bonus: I applaud the Officiating Crew for basically "letting the teams play", but they let waaaayy too much go on in the trenches. It was 2016 GB Playoff game levels of bad! I can't count on two hands how blatantly the Ram's O-linemen were "working outside the framework", hooking and tackling our D-line. Not that our O-line doesn't play in the grey area, but nothing like I saw tonight.
- Special Teams. Miffed P/R, followed by Switzer letting a punt bounce down around the 5 in the following punt instead of fielding it and then allowing the long return from their P/R (or was it K/R?). The ST really killed momentum at the end of the first half.
- Garrett/Linehan. Do I need to explain this?
- Offensive line/Witten. Like Broaddus says "I think you need to watch the tape". Every single O-linesman was beat and beat more than once. The Great Wall of Dallas, they are not.
- Marinelli. This soft crap in between the 20's isn't cutting it against efficient offenses. We're the Patriots'/Falcons wet dream of a defense to dismantle. Take some friggin' chances. We aren't getting off the field on 3rd down, so throw in some blitzes once in awhile!
- Heath Experiment is over. I was a strong advocate for him due to his spotty "play making" ability in the past, but he sold me a false sale of goods. Start Woods in his spot.
- Jaylon Smith. At this point, he's a liability every where except for pursuit/gang tackles. He just plain gets washed out of run plays heading towards him. Hopefully Hitchens comes back because we're getting gouged at the MLB spot.
Dak wasn't the problem tonight. For the missed throws he had, he more than made up for it with playing off-script. Bottom line, he did enough to win you the game. Even if Aaron Rodgers was in there, he wouldn't be able to do much more with that Tecmo-Bowl offensive scheme we've stubbornly been running. We've gotten away with it in 2014 and 2016 because our O-line/run game was dominant, but these predictable, long developing pass routes aren't efficient enough. The simplistic passing game is the Achilles heal when the defenses know you're going to pass...always has been. We're rubbing sticks together to create fire while everyone else have BIC lighters. We have to adopt more quick slants, rub routes and pick plays. We can't seem to work screen passes without tipping out hat, so cut that crap out, too! Overall, we don't have the WR guns to play the style of game that Garrett believes is best.
And as an added bonus: I applaud the Officiating Crew for basically "letting the teams play", but they let waaaayy too much go on in the trenches. It was 2016 GB Playoff game levels of bad! I can't count on two hands how blatantly the Ram's O-linemen were "working outside the framework", hooking and tackling our D-line. Not that our O-line doesn't play in the grey area, but nothing like I saw tonight.
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