You see it all the time from fans during an NFL game after a failed play. “What a bad call.” Usually it’s a “bad call” when a play doesn’t work, or a turnover happens, etc. A “good call” always seems to happen when the play works, lol.
But when you really break it down, play calling IMO is very overrated. Sure having a ”good call” made helps but most fans don’t realize that the play called by the OC or HC is not always the play that is run or that the reason the play failed wasn’t the call, but actually the lack of execution by the players.
Here’s what I mean:
- NFL QBs (especially experienced ones) have a ton of freedom at the line of scrimmage to change the called play and check into something else. That happens at least 30-40% of the time according to what I’ve read over the years. So when the play caller calls a run and the QB checks into a pass that doesn’t work, is it a “bad call” by the play caller or not?
- Execution is so critical on every play. If one player blows an assignment on a key block or does not run a correct route resulting in a turnover or a sack, was it a “bad call” or was it poor execution? Too often as fans, we fail to understand that if the play had been executed properly, it would have been a “great call.”
So is having a “great play called” only as good as having each player executing their assignment properly? Isn’t it also the QB reading the defense accurately and being able to check into the right play and protection just as important? Or do we put 100% on the guy calling plays?
To some extent you could say that ,but I'm sorry here's the problem with the play calling if the plays that are being called are not designed very well or called at the proper time...literally the scheme is not good then the play call is not good from the beginning because it's so uncreative doesn't fit the situation you're calling it in ,then you're putting those players in a position to not execute properly..
What a good example of that how about last night's Longhorn game this stupid stretch play the sweep I guess a really fast defense when you're on the one yard line you call a slow developing play to the outside and it basically lost 7 yards and now it's third and goal from the seven instead of from the half yard line, if you'd have just ran the ball forward somewhere or had an RPO or brought in manning yeah coaching matters in the play calling matters..
I get what you're saying in the grand scheme of things that players have to execute because they can make a play look bad if they just fail to make a block, I get it or if they drop a pass or if they're open in the quarterback doesn't see him, or if the running back trips we get it,
but it does matter because the coach designing the play calls and picking the play to call at the right moments, you know trying to one up the defense or vice versa the defense is calling something,
you literally are counting on play calling to be done properly and, in this case, Mike McCarthy is not a good play caller in most situations up against equal or better defenses.
we're not saying he's terrible, but he is just not In Sync he's not aggressive enough, he doesn't have forethought the plays he calls sometimes just don't fit the situation but to begin with his scheme is not very good... I mean he doesn't have very creative designs he's using old school basic vanilla uncreative nonsense and that and that in itself is the problem when the play itself was designed wrong easy to be defended and what not then yeah the play caller is a problem the play calls are a problem they have been a problem I don't want to hear about the players or the injuries or execution it is quite obvious the first half of both seasons that might McCarthy's play calling is failed in most cases. What I see wrong with this offense is he doesn't have a lot of plays early in games that he uses to set up bigger plays later in games I mean he's not thinking about the entire game plan it's very obvious that your scripted plays should be the weed out how that defense is gonna play see what works see what doesn't work and then you get creative and you take some of those base plays and you turn them into more creative plays later in the game he just doesn't seem to have that mindset...
