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It seems to me he doesn't want to throw his players under the bus but those last 9 words highlighted above jump off the page.
Agreed. But there was another McVay comment that I felt highlighted this:
"But Chicago mixed that up and did some other things. (The Patriots) kind of exclusively stayed in that in those early down and distances, and unfortunately we didn't really ever make them pay.This tells me that the offensive staff DID, in fact, anticipate certain Patriot defensive schemes. Schemes that the offense SHOULD have been able to take advantage of. But execution, be that of: A. Goff seeing "ghosts" (how many times did he keep rolling...and rolling...and rolling to the sideline unsure of whether to pass the ball or run); and/or, B.the O-line getting bulldozed, would not allow it.
