Why does coaching get a pass?

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(01-30-2023, 01:13 AM)Stonyhands Wrote: Going into this game we know our offensive line is a possible liability.   What did they do differently to game plan for this?   After all this time we still cannot successfully run outside or a RB screen.  

We are consistently pushing the ball downfield in short yardage situations.   Play call designs aren’t very good as we are consistently relying on amazing throws and catches to keep drives alive.   Very rarely do we have a guy catching footballs in space.  

Our second to last possession was huge.   2nd and 3rd we go back to back downfield throws.  A smart coach gets the 1st down and bleeds the clock.  Game on the line the last drive and we leave Adeniji on an island against one of the NFL’s best pass rushers.  

Defensive side….playing an immobile Mahomes we sat back in soft zone and they just hit five yard passes all game.   Reid played for 1st downs.   No pressure packages to speak of and linebackers defending open space with no awareness of receivers around them.   Kelce left open and singled 3/4 of the game.  

Ossai’s penalty was frustrating…the officiating was frustrating.   But, our coaches were just terrible at situational football.  Why do they always get a pass?

I don't give them a pass.

Two years in a row, they allowed the other team's best players on O and D to beat them. Kupp and Donald last year and Mahomes and Jones this year. But what can you do? Hope they eventually formulate a plan to take the best players out? Sure but with a better Oline, i see a different outcome for this past game. 

It seems they had a couple plans coming in on defense. Try to keep Mahomes in the pocket and not chance big plays off of blitzes. That worked for them the past 3 games but i would have done different this time, with his ankle being questionable. If you noticed, they didn't start bringing any kind of pressure until after the first pick at the end of the first half which gave the Chiefs a chance to increase their lead. It was like they had a plan B and they needed to impliment it a bit earlier than they hoped (purely speculation). 

KC seemed to be able to take Chase out of the game late and i saw the Bengals constantly lining him up wide, on the line of scrimmage instead of moving him around or coming up with something that would give them a bit of an advantage. They just kept lining up and running plays, like they were earlier this year but the line they had simply wouldn't allow them time to go through their progressions and find someone open. 

It certainly felt like they got a case of the anal cramps the last 9 minutes or so on offense. Burrow can do a lot but he can't block, pass and then make sure the receivers are running routes to get them open.