luckyintheorder
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luckyintheorder said:Love the math Ranger.. What a fun thread. Did Montana find an offense when I wasn't looking? I liked Cam before the first game but on the Griz board many were begging to get the other QB in... Cam gets sidelined and the Griz offense goes from unspectacular to pathetic and now Cam can do no wrong. All hail Cam... :?
Hope Eagle coaches work on proper visualization revolving around situational awareness to cut down on the asinine poor plays (drops, poor throws, missed blocks etc) . Saw an Emmitt Smith interview many years ago and he was asked about an unlikely TD run to win a game, his response was "earlier in the game, Jimmy Johnson, came over and told him, you're going to get the ball, follow your lead blocker into the whole, spin out of a would be tackle and take it to the endzone" In the next series Emmitt got the ball, followed his lead blocker, spun off the LB and scored. I couldn't find the video to share.
Not saying a coach has to be prescient, but helping players get into the right mindset is key. Running unfamiliar plays doesn't help, playing not to lose doesn't help, taking the ball out of your 6th year all world seniors hands doesn't help. Example, Eastern used the tight formation late on 4th and 2 (bad), used play action (good), EB3 threw a catchable ball (good) to a wide open Roberson (good) but he wanted to score more than make the catch for the 1st down and it went through his hands (bad)... You can see his head move off the ball at the last moment. Making that catch was way more important than making a "play". Wish I could say that was the only instance of lack of focus. Eagles are perfect on the road this season. Maybe it will help their focusHope the short week reduces distractions
Not seeing this game much differently than the last game. McCann has had 4 weeks with the offense as OC. I don't know what that means. is the offense used to him now? Will he continue to add value to the running game? Is there enough trust to just let EB3 make plays? Is Best too involved? IDK..
Went back and watched a lot of the offense against UNI. Came away even more impressed with the slight changes McCann has made to the run game. Honestly, on several of those short 3rd or 4th downs Eagles blocked the backside against the DE stopping them from crashing down and making a negative play and/or had a lead blocker in proper position. Too many execution errors from EB3 :? and several missed blocks. For example on the 4th down pitch play to the right, lead blocker comes across the formation in motion and does a nice job of getting their block but the right tackle misses on the LB; the play breaks down from there. UNI's great safety eventually makes the play on the edge, he was definitely an X factor in this game as was EB3's decision making. I asked myself if the unfamiliarity with the plays may have contributed. I don't think so, most of the changes are minor changes to many of the plays they've run and just give Eastern much better odds to gain yards, open more options and keep EB3 upright to make plays downfield. Change is difficult though.
