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(12-14-2015, 04:38 PM)Au165 Wrote: Dalton's regression may because those "cute" shifts everyone hates on are gone with Hue. Those shifts force the defense into checks to more basic coverage which give Dalton a much easier defense to read. People think Hue does it for fun, but there is a legitimate football reason, and I wouldn't be surprised if that becomes the "it" thing around the league next year.
100% agree ....the ones who complain about this are the ones who just don't understand football on a technical level.
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(12-14-2015, 04:21 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I was feeling pretty pessimistic sitting there with my Steeler fan pals yesterday and I predicted Hue gets a HC job, the Bengals get some crap OC to replace him, Dalton regresses to being an 86.3 rating QB, and the window closes. Yea, melodramatic.
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I agree with what most have said.
A few sprinkling of "cute" plays do not equate to bad play calling all season.
I do however question the ability of the O-line to block well for the run against better D lines.
Hue or Alexander needs to address this and fast. AJ can't do it all with his arm.
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Overall I feel Hue has done a great job with both Dalton and the offense. However I agree he's thrown in one to many "cute" plays in 3 or 4 games.
Trick plays only work when you catch the defense off guard because you're running a regularish offense most of the time. They have their place and I don't cry when they fail.
But if you're running a trick or cute play once every offensive series the defense is looking for them and it's harder to catch them off guard.
There's a balance there and Hue has exceeded it at times.
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Hue Jackson is my favorite OC of all time. He called a good game yesterday, we just didn't execute as much as we planned. I hope he stays with Marvin because those 2 could bring us a super bowl.
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(12-14-2015, 12:57 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I'm just getting tired of it. We talk all the time about how "talented" this team is, yet we do some bullshit on offense where we don't even get our best players involved. C'mon Hue.
No matter what any offensive coordinator has ever done here he gets criticized.
If he runs the ball all the time and keeps the passing game simple then he is "too conservative" and everyone talks about how the other team knows exactly what play is going to be called.
If he tries to be creative he is "getting too cute."
If he throws the ball then he is "pass happy".