theENGLISHseahawk":3pkxksui said:
kearly":3pkxksui said:
This was the tuneup game, it's the game where every team gives a little bit of a preview of how they are going to run things in the real games to come. Hopefully Seattle learns from this game, but given Bevell's long obsession with ineffective horizontal passing, I doubt it's a fluke.
I watched bits and pieces of three games yesterday and every single offense was beyond vanilla. The only one that wasn't was Indianapolis and that's because they are in absolute disarray and look shambolic on both sides of the ball. Luck was getting killed out there.
It's a tune-up game, but no teams actually set out to offer a preview of their game plan. I'll happily come back on here and admit I was wrong if they throw 2-3 bubble screens to Baldwin in week one -- but Seattle basically played a thoroughly uncomplicated basic game plan. I don't think there's any reason to rag on Bevell for what we saw in this pre-season game.
Agreed. I think the "tune-up" game is mostly a fan perception. I don't think teams change the way they approach pre-season week 3 just because it has a "tune-up" game label attached to it. Players don't suddenly play harder or try more because of the perception that it is somehow more meaningful.
"But starters play into the 3rd quarter!" Our offense played into the 3rd quarter vs Minnesota also, right?
In that light, that was not a regular season game plan we saw vs Dallas, on either side of the ball. There are parts of the offense and defense they are holding onto.
A key point: Prosise is our de facto 3rd down back. How come we didn't try one pass to him, screen or otherwise? My opinion is they want to keep him under wraps as long as possible.
We saw a lot of bubble screens not because Bevell is an idiot again, but because a lot of pages of his playbook were closed.