Things Zac Taylor knew

[CJD]

(11-23-2020, 11:03 AM)PhilHos Wrote: So you know exactly what Zac's plans were? How?

More importantly, you saying you'd rather NOT win games? If Burrow throwing the ball gives us a better chance to win, why would you not want to try to win? You would rather keep running the Bratkowski special (run-run-pass-punt) than try to win the game?

You know who would rather risk injury in an attempt to win games instead of playing it safe? Joe Burrow. You honestly think you know football better than Joe Burrow? Child, please.

His plans were evident. 

I viewed these last 7 games as a test of Burrow and our young players. I didn't care at all if we won any of the games. Going 6-10 and going 2-14 just aren't that different to me. What I did know is that Zac needed to win at least 4 more games to save his career, because he is currently sporting one of the worst (if not the worst, I'd have to check) winning percentages in NFL history. And he knew that Joe was his golden goose that may save his career. So he threw caution to the wind and relied on Joe's arm to save his career. I don't think we needed to be as formulaic as run-run-pass-punt implies, but pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-run-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass-run-pass is not a good formula either.

And it resulted in Joe getting injured.

I'm not going to address your final paragraph.