SilkMonkey":e80ml34l said:
Yeah, take the hard yardage and let them know YOU decide what to do; not have them dictate your gameplan.
The defense shouldn't be dictating our playcalling- if it is we need an o-coordinator with balls.
Football is more like chess, not Othello. You absolutely change your play calling based on what the defense is trying to do and the defense adjusts to your adjustments.
The key is making the right adjustments at the right time, which is what we haven't been doing on offense.
It's hard to place blame on the offensive coordinator when you have such a large issue with the offensive line. If it's 3rd and 8 and I put 8 in the box with a single deep safetly and man on the outside. The CB's are shading the inside of the receivers so they cant get a clean release for a slant. Your quarterback has less than 3 seconds before he is going to get sacked. What do you do?
Screen Pass? That will only work if they are blitzing. The LB's aren't going to drop into any form of a deep zone.
WR Screen? That wont work, they are in press man.
WR Slant? That will likely be unsucceful with the CB's schemed to take it away.
Deep pass? Low percentage and not a lot of time for the WR to create deep seperation.
Curls? Unlikely your quarterback has time to wait for the receiver to get off press coverage and get open.
Run? Have fun punting....
The bottom line is that there really isn't much that can be done when your quarterback has so little time before he is pressured. Our offense is predicated around the defense having to stack the box to stop lynch becuase it forces 1on1's with our receivers. Unfortunately, when your offensive line doens't give your quarterback any time it puts you in a bad situation.