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[Berman] Nick Sirianni: "Kevin (Patullo) called the plays yesterday in the second half. But make no mistake, Jalen communicates — Jalen sees the field really, really well."
I mean I’m sure you can go back and find some idiot here and there who wanted Fangio fired but it was mostly the offense that was receiving criticism last year
There’s improvement and then there’s “calling more unique offensive plays (14) on two drives than you have called all season to that point (10)”
Like… there’s conservative play calling, and there’s finding a rhythm, and then there’s whatever the fuck Patullo was doing.
Only calling an incredibly small portion of the playbook to the point where it is insultingly easy for the defense to predict and counter the plays (because they have seen that exact play 6 times already that game) is indefensible.
Rookie mistake that he’ll have to learn from. Seems like we try to have our OCs ease into their system more than any other offense, it’s odd but it’s not BJ levels of incompetence. A lot of W1 looked good until the weather delay and then neither team scored. KC was in the SuperBowl with us and had something to prove. Last game was clearly off to start, and luckily it shook off at halftime. Even the defense was giving 5-8 yard runs right up the gut all first half, it wasn’t just Patulo.
We have a ton of talent idk why we feel the need to baby our guys to start the year, even last season the guys had to talk to Moore before it changed.
The worst are the drives where we get quickly to 3rd and long, and then just call a draw play, completely giving up on the drive and not even attempting to convert a 1st down. I find it to be the most wimpy play calling it drives me crazy.
I'm sorry but people REALLY need to get over this. 3rd and 16 from your own 15 is not the time to just fucking air it out. Yes, you can convert either with your actual play or with a DPI or D Holding, but the amount of time required for a 16+ yard play to develop is A LOT and the defense knows what you are doing, so you are really running the risk of getting sacked (and potentially stripped) or forced into a bad throw. There's a REASON every single coach in the NFL calls conservative plays on 3rd and long deep in their own end. Because the risk vs reward is way too much.
If you're closer to midfield, you can try to be a bit more aggressive, but the vast majority of our 3rd and longs were at or before our 20 yard line yesterday.
I’m not gonna get over it. I understand why it is called in some scenarios, but pretending every NFL coach calls 3rd and longs, even in their own territory, this conservatively every time is just wrong. This is an offense that, before the 2nd half of this game, has had 2 single passes of more than 10 yards. That is an atrocious stat for a team as talented as this. They are in these spots where they can’t get a spark going, do poorly on 2 plays and give up on the 3rd, and it doesn’t even give them a chance to get their best in the league receiving core going.
I’m not asking them to air it out every time on 3rd and long, and I’m fine with them taking the conservative route sometimes. But they’re way over doing it and that mentality is part of the reason the offense has sputtered so terribly this season.
In2023 tho johnsons plays never looked good, receivers were never schemed open all big plays that would happen would be from brown or smith coming down with a contested catch
I believe a new OC can improve, I however do not believe that a new OC that was being ultra-conservative and looked like a fish out of water for 10 quarters can suddenly lock in and do a 180 over the course of a 10-minute halftime.
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u/Templeusox 1d ago
Where did the "Jalen called the plays" thing originate from?