BUILD ZAC TAYLOR A STATUE!!!

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(01-16-2022, 10:24 AM)motoarch Wrote: I might be on an island here.  I'm okay with that.

I don't hate Zac and I've made a previous post about what a great job he's done fielding a deciplined team that doesn't commit many penalties and plays smart.

There is a lot of value in that and it's an underated quality.

I did not like the play calling at all last night.

Some of those plays worked simply because of elite talent making something out of nothing.  He calls a better game and it's not required for him to ask chase to pull something out of his ass.

I'm as happy as anyone else the curse is over.  My throat hurts from screaming and cheering last night.

I hope Zac continues to grow and learn as a coach.  He's done some awesome stuff in Cincinnati.

I think he made some bad decisions last night and was bailed out by his players.

I disagree. The game plan was run exactly as it should have been. Take the underneath stuff and when you get a chance, go over the top--which is exactly what they did. Burrow underthrew Chase once and overthrew Higgins once on plays that could have been TDs had there been better throws. 

Mixon was the guy that didn't play well last night. I saw several times where he went right down on first contact. He did a couple things well, screen and a couple good runs but didn't do much other than that and the run game was largely unproductive. Part of that was certainly bad blocking across the board on a lot of instances. Zac didn't have anything to do with how Mixon was running the ball. 

The good thing was, unlike in the past, the team was able to make plays when it counted and won the game. That's no small feat considering the last 3 decades around here.