keasley45":7jbp898t said:
I'm listening to Hour 2 - Pete Carroll reveals a setback for a key defensive player on Wyman and Bob with @TuneIn. #NowPlaying
http://tun.in/tlA0ys
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So I am listening, the first thing is his dismissal of what Locket said given it's the coached job to adjust I smelled of covering his own behind given a lot of others feel the same way about the lack of adjustments. Something sims in one of the links I posted said as well.
Locketts assertion is that the offense isnt prepared on gameday for what the defense is doing to them because they are preparing for what defenses are doing to other teams. Pete Carrol didnt respond directly to what Lockett said but stated that teams play the Hawks the same way pretty consistently and that its different than what they might do against other teams... that thats nothing new
if you take these comments in context with the issues that have been churning for weeks now, adding Pete's comment about Russ needing to execute the offense speaks pretty loudly if you ask me. That's about as direct a criticism of Russ that he's going to make
SO heard the part about Everet he did not say anything about taking the hard throw and said he and were have been doing this for years. I took it as if he sees a chance to get the td to overtaking something else he will and guess what scoring is not a guarantee and if you got a shot take it. My coaches always said if you're in the red zone and have a decent shot for the TD you take it. Wilson did. I have no problem with that and PC did not either and said so.
he has clearly reslodong to a question asking about that play and the reporter who posed the question added what his thoughts were on that kind of play in general
I think that if you listen to the one you posted and the ones I posted the one thing is there is a lot that needs fixing. the receivers, the routes, the protection, the coaching, the QB. All of them and PC said that.
i dont disagree, but where we differ is in that you want to spread the blame evenly, seemingly to deflect blame from Russ... or caveat his portion of fault with his injury, as if his play wasn't on a downward trend already, and the only thing bolstering his stats were his splash plays and ability to hit receivers off schedule on the scramble. I tend to believe that the stats don't tell the whole story because we are abysmal on 3rd down and in avg drive duration and have been all year. Russ is also terrible when defenses expect pass. His poor play makes it difficult to assess most any other part of the offense accurately. Yes, drops happen. Yes, missed blocks occur, but if the qb literally isn't executing the offense properly or actually limiting the playbook to his preferences, then you're creating a no-win situation that quickly bleeds into the entire team because weather you're on offense or defense, you know that if the qb play is broken, it doesn't matter how many 3rd down stops you're going to make or of you're a rb, how much you bust your ass to make a 1st down, or if you're a wr not wearing 14 or 16, that it doesn't matter how well you run you routes, you aren't going to get the ball. That's the reality of team sport. And when the leadership doesn't do something about it, you basically sink to the point where nobody plays to their ability, and you have much larger problems.
So in an attempt to deescalate things here is how I see things right now
Wilson is not 100% but he is trying and he had a better game this week than last so I expect this coming week will be better
The oline is still a problem
the run game is pretty good
the Wr are still learning and sometimes making little mistakes, not turning around, not catching it, running wrong route etc etc
The RBs are making mistakes blocking mainly
There is a lot going on that needs to improve it is not just one thing. I guess I don't put as much of it on Wilson because he is coming back from injury and because he has missed a month. The same way I felt when Carson came back or even Penny I did not expect much, lol I was right he is out again.
Let's remember prior to the injury Wilson was #1 in passer rating #2 in TD, %1 td/int, 2 in YPA, and #3 in COmplt%. He was playing well. But his first 2 games back from injury and missing a month has been a work in progress as I would expect..
john63, his struggles predated his injury. Look at his stats in the first half of games this year vs 2nd half. Its night and day. Look at our avg possession duration on offense. It was abysmal, so you cant keep on pointing to stats that were inflated by long passes to hisbfa orite players and were bolstered by us running the ball... which ironically the thing it seems he refuses to do, could help his cause. Why does he instead throw 6 times in the redzone rather then run?? When the run game was pushing 6ypc??
I mean Mahomes has not been injured but just went through a stretch where he had 5 games below 75% passer rating out of 7 games. were he threw 8 INTs, Difference is they won 5 of the 7. Their team can win when Mahomes is not his best. Ours cant.
