Post by paytonisgod on Sept 21, 2021 18:25:01 GMT -6
My main annoyance is that if people are going to use these examples to excuse Fields's performance they need to apply them equally to the play calling. Had those player's performed as they should have the Bears would have had 31 points and not 20. And no one would be talking about "play calling" or Fields' sub-par performance.
We are all just tired of the Nagy-isms that seem to occur all too often. Such as:
Wasting a timeout cuz the play call comes in too late
Breaking momentum by over-substituting
Cutesy gadget type plays that haven't worked since the 2018 season
Can we scheme a running game that doesn't involve always throwing Monty into the center of the line and hoping he breaks 3 tackles?
Can we stop with the awful WR screens that rarely gain more than 2?
Breaking momentum by over-substituting - Well I don't believe in momentum anyway, but even if I did I don't see why substituting would have anything to with it. The defense is forced to substitute as well when you do that.
Cutesy gadget type plays that haven't worked since the 2018 season - There's like maybe one of these a game.
Can we scheme a running game that doesn't involve always throwing Monty into the center of the line and hoping he breaks 3 tackles? Would you prefer he scheme him so he sweeps toward the sideline and has to break 3 tackles? This is all just blocking issues. If the OL (and TE and WRs) blocked better Monty wouldn't have to break 3 tackles. No play calling is going to change that.
Can we stop with the awful WR screens that rarely gain more than 2? Again a blocking issue. Plenty of other teams get good use out of these. I certainly don't see him overusing these like Ron Turner did.
I'm not saying Nagy is an offensive guru or anything like it. But what people keep bringing up as play calling is on the players. Play calling is not meaningless but it's at best 5-10% of the equation the other 90-95% is on the players to execute.
Look at the Pats last year. They were in the bottom 3rd of the league in offense. The year before that top 3rd. We all know what changed. It wasn't the signal callers.