02-03-2020, 03:48 PM
(02-02-2020, 06:15 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Sign 2 TEs, draft another in the 2nd round... use none of them.
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I was never a fan of the Zac Taylor signing seeing as how he was a QB coach who failed horrible at OC in college. (And now we've seen what happens when a QB he coaches gets a REAL OC in Tannehill.)
The Cardinals game is when I went from not liking the hiring to knowing that the Bengals will never do anything successful as long as he's calling the plays. They came into that game with all of their TEs healthy, and the Cardinals came into that game with the 32nd ranked defense against TEs.
The Bengals didn't target a TE even once for the first THIRTY FIVE MINUTES of the game.
There's no "improving" from that. You don't get a pass for being a rookie HC. It's common freaking sense that 99% of people sitting on the couch can tell you. If they are the worst in the league at defending TEs, you should throw to your TEs. You either have that very low level of common sense or you don't. Taylor doesn't. So he's hopeless as a play caller.
I remember feeling the exact same way in that game.
Why the hell aren't they attacking the weakness of the Cards?
We need to let someone else call the plays, simple as that.
(02-03-2020, 10:10 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: A good example of this (or the inverse of this) was the Miami game. The TEs were responsible for 13 targets, 8 receptions, 94 yards, and two TDs. Mixon had two nice receptions for 23 yards. The Miami game was their greatest offensive output on the season.
There were any number of games where it supported your statement:
Against pitt: TEs were targeted twice, and had 1 reception for 7 yards. 10 points for the game.
Against Baltimore: TEs were targeted 5 times, had 4 receptions, and 39 yards. 17 points for the game.
Against Browns: TEs were targeted 6 times, had 53 yards. 19 points for the game.
This, and Dalton wasn't having just 25 attempts per game. He was averaging in the mid-30s.
Great post, you can pass the ball a lot and still be successful but the key is to try and stay balanced while doing so.
You can use a pass as a run when you are passing to the RB or TE on Screens, Slants, In Routes etc.
It is what Lamar Jackson was doing all year and he won the MVP award for it.
Along with his running of course.
TE's are the biggest targets on the field, target them if they have good hands. Our TE's have good hands.
Mixon and Gio are natural Receiving RB's, target them especially when your #1 Receiver is hurt and others are hurt.
