09-09-2024, 12:03 PM
(09-09-2024, 10:42 AM)Whatever Wrote: Yesterday I don't think it was scheme that killed us. It was the game plan and not riding the hot hands.
Moss had 9 carries for 44 yards with a 4.9 ypc average. He was effective running the ball. They just didn't stick with him. Of course, Brown had 3 carries for 11 yards, 3.7 ypc, so based on that, the run game issue isn't a scheme issue. The issues are talent and and just not riding the hot hand.
In the pass game, Chase caught all 6 of his targets for 62 yards. Yoshi also had 6 Targets, but only 3 catches for 26 yards. There's zero reason for Yoshi to get getting as many targets as Chase. None. But, once again, we don't ride the hot hand. It almost seemed like they were trying to send a message to Chase that "Oh, we can without you", except it blew up in their face. And nobody else was really effective with their targets. Hudson and Gesicki had 2 and 3 catches on 3 and 4 targets, respectively, but only 18 yards a piece. Irwin had 1 catch for 6 yards in 2 targets. Jones 1 for 1 for 5. Moss and Brown had 2/4/17 and 3/3/12, respectively.
Reality is, this pee wee "everyone gets to touch the ball so their parents don't get mad" philosophy needs to go. You can do it when you're stacked at the skill positions. We aren't. If one of the lesser guys is tearing it up, sure, feed him, but we need to be focused on getting our studs touches.
I will give zack moss what I gave mixon. Moss had a 16 yard carry, so he was 8 for 28 yards otherwise = 3.5ypc. We are still having problems running the ball.
But yeah you put your best players in the positions to win the game, that's Burrow/Chase/Mcpherson and our new punter. I've been thinking Tee would have made little difference in the outcome of that game, but if we take a step back - we'd be saying a potential #1 WR on most other teams is not able to help a team score more than 10 points? Something seriously sounds off about that. I guess Tee would have caught Gesecki's TD and not fumbled Hudson's TD, though.
This reminds me that Gesecki did the griddy after his obvious drop, wtf, he knew he dropped it. Like literally that doesn't make it seem like he's very smart lol. Bad selling job.
That one drive looked good, why, we got Ja'marr open down the middle once. That messed the defense up a bit. It's weird we put Joe in shotgun so much and don't give him the ability to pass deep. I've got no excuse for "the patriots defense is good". Dallas wrecked the Browns.
