The issue IMO isn't strategy
| November 21, 2018 05:26AM |
Late game drives that stall have led to a couple of losses where they might have won. This obviously isn't a huge concern with a team that has gone 21-7 in the last 28 games (counting Atlanta). But as long as we have the microscope out, worth a look. I am thinking of the Eagles in 2017 and this year's Saints games.
And then there's some times where they need to get a 1st down to seal a win, and don;t. This week it;'s the drive at the end of the KC game where they went 3 and out. The previous week, against Seattle the Rams had the ball with 1:51 to go and a 36-31 lead. They had a jet sweep for a loss, a penalty by Whitworth, and so ended up in 3rd and 14 and couldn't convert. I didnt go over every single game and look for this--these examples are just fresh in memory.
To me the issue isn't that they run or don't run or pass or don't pass. What they have done in the 4 examples I named is stall. I can see not running a banged up Gurley against D fronts begging you to pass, which is what happened against the Chiefs, but that IMO is not the important thing. It's the tendency to stall in that situation, and that has happened often enough to raise the question.
Why do they stall in those situations? Partly it's execution, partly it's playcalling. Which is a wordy way to say, I don't exactly know
Cause that just means the real question is, why do they have execution/playcalling issues in those situations.
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And then there's some times where they need to get a 1st down to seal a win, and don;t. This week it;'s the drive at the end of the KC game where they went 3 and out. The previous week, against Seattle the Rams had the ball with 1:51 to go and a 36-31 lead. They had a jet sweep for a loss, a penalty by Whitworth, and so ended up in 3rd and 14 and couldn't convert. I didnt go over every single game and look for this--these examples are just fresh in memory.
To me the issue isn't that they run or don't run or pass or don't pass. What they have done in the 4 examples I named is stall. I can see not running a banged up Gurley against D fronts begging you to pass, which is what happened against the Chiefs, but that IMO is not the important thing. It's the tendency to stall in that situation, and that has happened often enough to raise the question.
Why do they stall in those situations? Partly it's execution, partly it's playcalling. Which is a wordy way to say, I don't exactly know
Cause that just means the real question is, why do they have execution/playcalling issues in those situations....
