irocdave":1p10ple6 said:
Zero throws to Percy behind the LOS, Lynch gets 20 touches on the ground, 5 touches for Turbin if that, try to get the TE a couple passes over the middle, several plays with Lockette running WFO on the side lines or deep crossing routes, and a couple passes to Lynch out of the backfield.
Basically take last weeks charted play calls and do the opposite. Not calling for DB's head, but it was really frustrating to watch last games terrible play calling. The Hawks O starts and ends with Lynch, Wilson isn't capable of carrying the team yet and last weekend was a perfect example of what the Hawks O would look like without Lynch. Expecting receivers to be running around wide open doesn't happen often in the NFL (broken backyard football plays are not typical) so RW needs to get the ball out quick and with pin point accuracy more often. Unless of course you become a pass first team with a top 5 elite QB and have the O line to protect the QB consistently. We don't have either and trying to will that to happen didn't work.
Got to disagree with some of this Wilson just carried this team to a win against Was and has done so many times. What Wilson cannot do though is carry a team with little blocking, bad play calling and WR dropping passes or not getting open and then also not running the ball. All the franchise QBs have help see below for examples
Luck - 6th pass blocking o-line and has TY Hilton, Wyane, Nicks to throw to
P Manning- 4th pass blocking o-line and he has Thomas, Welker, Sanders
Brady 19th ranked pass blocking o-line (ours is now ranked 28th) and he has Gronk, Edelman
Rodger o-line ranked 19th in pass blocking and has Nelson, Cobb to throw to
Brees o-line ranked 5th and he has Graham, cooks, Colson,
Ryan 7th pass blocking o-line and he has Hester, Jones, White, Smith
Rivers 9th o-line, and he has gates, Floyd, Royal, Allen
Our best wr (harivn is not being used as a wr) is Baldwin and he is not were near as good as any of thse QBs #1 and our O-line is 23rd in pass blocking and was 32nd last year. We have a QB that can get the job done, but we do not have the oline, wr, and play calling. I mean imagine WIlson behind Lucks o-line with his WRs, or with Dez or any #1? He would be incredible. Remember this is a QB in Wilson who has set records, in the only QB in NFL history to have a QB rating over 100 in his first 2 seasons, and who despite last week is still in the top 10 in QB rating, td/int ratio and prior to last game was in the top 5 in everything but yards. We also had 8+ drops in the last 2 games. Every QB not matter who they are needs some help last week Wilson got none. These are the things Millan, Huard, Moon and Holmgren all said. As I said we have QB who has proven when he can be a top 5 QB and was just voted top 5 by the players, but even a top 5 qb needs some help and last week he got none.
Harvin was injured, so he did not have the speed, without speed, defenses can catch up. I would have removed all the plays that has to beat the defense by speed using Harvin and only put the plays for runs, get to 3rd and short situations and do bubble screens all day long. I would do everything possible to set the running game up and early and have Wilson keep throwing some balls to receivers on the slants or deep balls, for him to be in rhythm with the receivers. I will keep my offense on the field for longer and not try 2 minute drills so that the defense can get some rest. Redzone, I will make sure we run pass pass, pass run pass, pass, pass run.. whatever makes the team get touch downs. I will also give an ear full to the side judge everytime they call a penalty on us
