Burrow Proved Himself

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(09-20-2021, 10:01 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: I’m not denying that, but players play the game. Zac didn’t cause Burrow to throw those interceptions. The coaches certainly share blame, I am no fan of this coaching staff, but what happens on the field is all the players.

Sure, players do play the game. I think we all get understand this simple notion. There is blame aplenty and it isn't just the coaches fault or just the players fault, but I disagree with the sentiment "what happens on the field is all the players." If Zac had the ability to call better plays, Burrow and anyone else on the team might have been able to avoid turnovers and other mistakes. Empty set, the Bears knew a short throw was coming. Mixon in the backfield, the Bears knew a run was coming. Zac's basic game plan was easy to stop and pressure into mistakes by the Bears defense. What happened on the field was a result of Zac being a poor coach.

Although, to your point the OL seemingly lacks talent so I'm not sure if even the best coaches can overcome the deficiencies with the OL. Our window into Zac is limited beyond press conferences, but I fail to see him demonstrate a strong sense of efficacy for when things go badly. He finds a way to make it about the players on the field to absolve himself from blame. Zac is an historically bad NFL coach with his win/loss percentage so I'll place a greater amount of blame on him compared to poor on field player execution.