John63":b65k58y7 said:
In my opinion PC is saying that because he knows he PC is the biggest problem. But that is my opinion
In my opinion it's a mistake to frame this as Russ vs. Pete. I know you are trying to protect Russ, but Pete has a history of doing that longer than you do, and has erred on that side if anything over the years. Wherever the blame lies, Schotty drew up routes in the middle of the field last season that Russ wasn't comfortable hitting. Pete protected Russ on that issue by replacing the OC.
Right now, the debate you should be considering is Waldron vs. Russ vs. OL. You're not going to convince anybody that we're watching 'Peteball' when Pete hired an OC to attack the middle of the field and now we are erring on the side of passing too much and yet also not hitting those shorter routes quickly enough.
If you listened to Lockett's press conference then you heard him say the problem was them trying to work out how to respond to the Cardinals adjustments. If you saw the sidelines during the game then you saw Russ, Shane, and Andy trying to work that out together on their Surfaces(TM) while Pete was busy trying to coach the defense.
Pete bears responsibility for the OL quality, and the quality of offensive coaching after making the off-season change, and even how Russ plays after deciding to make him the highest paid player in the NFL. However, the narrative about him meddling with the play calls itself makes posters sound like they haven't watched a single thing in 2021.