What exactly was the problem with play calling?

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(05-07-2020, 12:00 AM)EatonFan Wrote: They need to go long way more often.  I'd send a WR deep nearly every single pass play.  If there's a broken coverage, boom... TD!  If you have a QB that recognizes one on one on the deep WR.  Throw it deep. Let your WR make a play.  This dink and dunk around the LOS is not all that exciting, nor does it usually pay off as you must execute nearly every single play for the obligatory 3-4 yards.  Rarely does it result in big yardage.

Pass pro aside, we have to remember that 18 LB's at the NFL combine this year ran faster 40's than the guy who was our #2 WR most of the year.  That severely limits what you can do on offense.  We only really had one starting caliber WR all year in Boyd, and you have to try and scheme him open because any DC worth his salt will key on him.  The only other guy we had that DC's had to really account for was Ross, and that's mainly because of the speed threat.  But the issue there is that the guy you would logically send deep everybody's looking at because he's the combine record holder.