10-05-2015, 11:40 PM
(10-05-2015, 05:53 PM)Savagehenry54 Wrote: You'll never get an argument from me that Marvin is a huge issue. I been calling for him to get fired so long that Ochokrapo was still a good player at the time. I don't think Marvin brings anything to the table scheme wise. I think he's an administrator and relies on his coordinators for game plans and scheme. He made his bones in Baltimore coaching probably the best defense ever, not sure there was a whole lot of defensive genius needed to coach that crew up, it was an amazing assembly of talent. He def has diddly squat to do with the offense....
What I'm saying that while Marvin is def an issue, I can't give Andy any sort of pass for his individual tendency to shart himself in the biggest games. If he had played relatively decent but was just being criticized for not getting the W's, I would agree.
Gotcha. I know it's popular to blame both, but I somewhat give all the players (including Andy) a bit of a pass because I don't think they've been put in the best positions to succeed.
The Dalton we've seen in regular season should be good enough to win with in the playoffs. He certainly shouldn't have looked as bad as he has in 4 straight games. Some of that is on Andy. Maybe some of it is that the coaches haven't been putting together the best game plans.
As long as there's a culture of choking here, I just can't single out a single player. No matter how bad he's been.
As far as Marv's role in scheme's, I think he has some input. We've been using the TE in the same manner through 3 different OC's. We've always relied on our front 4 to generate pressure with little blitzing. That's been the same through 4 different DC's. When we go uber conservative in the playoffs, it always feels like it's Marv's call. They've played it close to the vest in all 6 playoff games.
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