Bill Johanesen
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We played total soft coverages in the second half.. DB’s were ten yards off and back peddling immediately at the snap.. the middle zone was wide open, because players were staying within a set area, regardless of traffic..van Ginkle got burned by double out then cut in moves, behind him. And Rodger’s used his eyes to bait Lbs to drift to outside lanes and flats, while slots and receivers were cutting back to the middle.
It was prevent defense of donnashello level of stupid.
There was no reason to change the defense we were using in the first half, except that coaching had a ballsack shrinkage situation.
Offense and defense.
Darnold was injured and rattled by the hit to his chest, plus he got clocked a number of times by shitty pas blocking, and sacked..
Chandler is no threat in play action , because he doesn’t run as hard as Jones, and he can’t even catch a pitch right at him, let alone a pass.
Jets didn’t figure out shit, out coaches made very poor choices of coverage, defenses, and play calls .
Not taking points in the red zone on Fourth down is a prime example of stupid.
I think that our defense has just gotten tired in the 2nd half of games lately...o'connell's playcalling has been weak, and he hasn't been able to keep the defense off the field
- and with darnold getting tweaked, it's compounded...our wide receivers looked tired running those slow-developing routes over and over...i blame o'connell more that flores....
the defense gets winded and has to play looser coverage - I don't have access to the numbers, but it seemed that our offense lost the possession battles in the 2nd halves of the last two games - probably most of the games this season....
also, jetlag is a real thing...it takes me a week to normalize when I cross the atlantic - physically and mentally....
People were posting that on the Gameday thread.
After the good start, the plays per offensive drive were 3, 2 (end of half), 3, 5, 4, 4, 3. 9 (FG), 2 (end of game).
Not blaming the O what with Jones and Darnold injured. One played but they were both injured.
I was watching some replays of our offense, and our wr's, too, seemed to be struggling to create space after running long developing routes over and over - they were tired...in the jets game o'connell repeated the failed 3rd/4th down and short double pass series that he had called against the packers a week earlier....
i can appreciate that he wants to challenge defenses with the unexpected, but he has to consider the value of keeping the drive alive with a more traditional play....
i don't think we beat kansas city with either vikings team that played over the last two weeks....
Kansas City isn't on our schedule. Oh wait, I see what you did there....
I'm way more concerned about Detroit, mostly because it's our next game. I think it's a good test, for both teams.
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