01-01-2024, 08:13 PM
(01-01-2024, 07:01 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I think the offensive staff is the bigger reason for our lack of TE use. We seem content with bringing in whatever bargain TE we can get because they're are higher needs. I personally agree with TE being a lower priority. But I think our lack of TE targets and the run game struggles boils down to us veiwing Chase and Higgins as our explosive keys to our offense. They get a bulk of the looks because they can change a game on any given target. I think the uptick in TE use is two parts protection for Jake as well as Jake looking for the easy completion at a higher rate than Burrow would.
The coaching staff deserves credit for getting some wins with Browning. But maybe we all gave them a bit too much credit. You mentioned the trick play vs Minn but the two against Jax were terrible for so many reasons. We probably lose that game if Lawerence doesn't get hurt the 2nd said trick play being a big factor. Which no matter which way you shake it fall squarely on Taylor even before the fact that I think he designed them. Colts game was just a straight up beating we gave them. Not much negative I can say about that one but it also stands out as an outlier as we went under center almost 50% of the time. Then the Minnesota game and it seemed we really went back to the Burrow offense. Playing against almost any other QB besides Mullins and some remarkable plays by our own players we probably lose that game as well. Again not trying to be a negative Nancy as I was all on board after the Colts game and really was only starting to worry after the Vikings game. I'm just trying to look back with a truthful lense and see what we really accomplished.
Trust me it’s Joe who wants to push the ball to his WR. He had Justin Jefferson and Chase at LSU it shaped him. Zac drafted Drew Sample in the second round.Jake has told them he likes the TE. So they are tailoring the game plan. Joe likes 4 wides. They likewise tailor it. The trick plays are all awful
but I’m not grading Zac on trick plays. I am the playoffs 5-2 and AFC titles 1-1 and SB 0-1. Minnesota gave Detroit a great game leading in the third quarter. Mullins was 22-36. KC is in the top 3 in the most important defensive categories. We played tough and you know those guys named Higgins and Chase? Neither one close to 100%. If you really are trying to look with a truthful lense the run game is a problem. The rush defense and big plays given up are the real issues. Not the offensive scheme. Romo raved about it.
Romo “ so impressed with Zac ...1 of the best in the NFL… they are just fundamentally sound. Taylor the best winning % in the Playoffs of current coaches. Joe Burrow” Zac is the best head coach in the NFL & that gives me a lot of confidence." Taylor led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, en and appeared in Super Bowl LVI, the first since 1988.
