OrangeGravy":3i0pj1ko said:
KiwiHawk":3i0pj1ko said:
Getting tired of the revisionist history/bovine faeces coming from some of you.
We didn't have a conservative game plan to open against Green Bay. Here's our first series:
1: 11-yard pass to Hollister
2: Lynch for no gain
3: Wilson sacked
4: Wilson incomplete deep left to Metcalf
5: Punt
That's 4 offensive plays - 3 pass and one run.
6: Lynch for 8 yards
7: Lynch for 1 yard
8: Lynch for no gain
9: Punt
Before you start the celebration that you got a conservative series to wave around, let me ask you this: When you have one yard to gain and Marshawn Lynch in the backfield, do you run or pass? If passing is the Worst Play Call In All of NFL History, then you hand it to Lynch, right?
10: Wilson incomplete deep left to Turner
11: Wilson deep left to Lockett for 28 yards
12: Wilson incomplete deep right
13: Lynch for 4
14: Wilson incomplete short left to Hollister
15: Field goal
4 out of 5 plays were passes. Just one run.
16: Lynch for 1 yard
17: Wilson deep left to Lockett for 31
18: Wilson scrambles for 3 (play call was a pass, Wilson had to scramble)
19: Wilson to Metcalf for 13
20: Moore right end for 6
21: Wilson sacked for -4
22: Wilson incomplete short left to Homer
23: Field goal missed
5 out of 7 pass plays. Just two runs, for 10 yards.
24: Wilson to Lockett for 14
25: Wilson to Metcalf for 8
26: Wilson sacked for -2
27: Wilson scrambles for 13
28: Wilson spikes the ball to stop the clock
29: Wilson pass incomplete (Hail Mary)
6 consecutive pass plays to finish out the half.
So far, it's 18-7 pass to run, and some of the runs were situational 2nd-and-2, 3rd-and-1. After this expansive passing offense, letting Wilson loose, what's the score? 21-3 Green Bay.
So spare me the bovine excrement about how we called too conservative a game in the first half. We called pass plays, and we only ran situationally, and the offense didn't get the job done.
You can write that down all day long in every thread but it won't matter much. Once people get a hold of a narrative, they'll keep moving the goal posts to satisfy it. First it was "we force the run too much early", until it's shown we pass more than run in the first half. Then it's " we throw deep too much ", until it's shown we aren't running all receivers on 9 routes every pass play. Then it's "we don't game plan to score in the first half", until it's shown that our scoring splits by half are virtually equal. All that boils down to the coaches suck because they keep running plays that don't work when they should just call plays that work. The don't watch every offensive play of other teams all year long, so they don't notice that every team has the same issues over a whole season. Every year there are a couple of teams that mostly have things go their way and roll just about every game (Ravens or Rams last year). Even those teams don't sustain it from year to year very often for any number of reasons. It's very similar to the hyper critical fans of Russell. They don't see all the bad throws and missed reads of other QB throughout a year. They only see the highlights or the final stat line.
I don't think anyone would argue that it would be nice for the offense to more efficient, but there are some things yo can't scheme your way out of. A bad O-line is one of them.
Yea well, I’m gonna be that guy.
The Packers scored on their opening drive. We were down 7-0.
The Seahawks responded by going two straight drives, conservatively.
On the 1st drive, we ran Lynch for 1 yard, putting Russell in an uncomfortable 2nd & 10, behind that O-line.
2nd & 10, no play action, Russell is pressured in just under 3 seconds. No play action, misdirection, nothing. Sack. 3rd & 10, which is another long down and distance... Punt
Second drive, 3 straight runs. Punt. Didn’t even go for it on 4th and 1.
3rd drive, Pass heavy approach, yay! Finally some points on the board. No quick strike passing game with pressure in Russell’s face, but whatever. Bad O-lines and injuries are irrelevant.
4th drive, already down 14-3.
Let’s use common sense here, and be willing to acknowledge when any of us are right, or wrong. How exactly are you able to justify the first two drives and the play calling, especially when the opposing team is already up by a touchdown? No one is here to argue Russell doesn’t make mistakes, or miss throws. As MontanaHawk pointed out, Russ might have missed a couple even with pressure in his face. But again, how...HOW do you justify the first two drives, and then spin the narrative that we weren’t conservative to start?