He tries to "outthink" the opposing DC's.

He can do this because his defenses, historically, are capable of making up the difference.

That said, I always cringe when they're in the Red Zone.

Punting stretches the field? Because if you go 1 for 13 on 3rd, that's what you are going to be doing.

Welcome to today's NFL.

The Jets and Broncos are starting 7th rounders. The Browns a 3rd rounder, as are the Seahawks.

I could go on and on (Brady, hello!) but the bottom line is that QB's a found everywhere.

Stop with the obsession.

No offense but that's just dumb as ****.

Milk it for all its worth Tuckdaddy LMAO

Yes.

Sometimes you just need to line up and whip ass like Shields on Lewis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6oRy0p5Byo&sns

I kinda' hope you're wrong, because I've yet to see or be informed of talent worthy of that pick this coming year.

But hey, I'm game.

Exactly. Especially when. Youre running reverse inside the redzone.

You don't need a elite caliber QB. You need a solid game manager.. we have that and we can outsmart any DC any time.

we have the players, including the QB, that could be a consistently good offense. Andy just has to trust them to make plays over his cute play calling.

we've had success when we attack the chains on 3rd down or passing into the endzone, when in the redzone. andy just loves trying to outsmart teams with cute play calling. and it doesn't work against good d's

Anyone who watched Foles wildly inaccurate throws, (especially in the end zone to Hill) and blame Reid, or think Alex wouldn't have done better is being intentionally obtuse.

I agree that Alex is better but still think Andy's play calling has held this offense back. not much in this game besides that one redzone trip.

That was a pretty damn bad outing by Foles.

Back to wanting a first round QB!

NO need with this style of offense that Big Andy likes to run... Its more of a plug and play with same style regardless of the QB.

I about threw my shoe through my TV with that stupid play call.

Its simply the fact that many people want to be so right that Smith isn't the best QB option available right now that they will make every excuse in the book to play someone else regardless of the outcome.

And then when someone like Foles obviously stinks it up the defense is he is now worse than Smith which is just ridiculous.

We already went down this road with Booger but nobody remembers that.

Smith isn't elite, but he is the best we have right now and he is better than he gets credit for.

Smith, Foles, Bray, Murray, Daniels, ETC.... It doesnt matter who the QB is. Stat lines dont lie and the play calling isnt changing...

It proves that the QB in really interchangeable at this point...

Two wildly different QB's, completely different skillsets, same statistical results and a W...

Yesterdays games was a repeat of the last 4 years of Reid.. A regular season game that left you glad for the W and frustrated for the future.

If Smith's under center the game doesn't come down to how good Telvin Smith's hands are.

I feel like people are overlooking what was unquestionably the worst play of the game because it didn't get held onto. Foles stared down his read in the middle of the field, Smith just baited him and broke on the the ball. If he catches it, it's probably a pick 6 and the Jags take the lead with about 4 minutes left to go. And Telvin Smith is a damn good football player; not knowing where he was on that play would be similar to just blowing off DJ on a key late-down drive. He had to know Smith was there and he just didn't.

THAT is the play that keeps Foles in a backup role. It wasn't even the braindead hurl in the first quarter; that play is recoverable. It was that throw that had backbreaking pick written all over it.

And another one that may not have looked as obvious on TV may show up when the All 22 comes out - the play that Kelce was OOB on because he bobbled it. Kelce was camped out over there and had a nice chance for a catch and run if Foles hits him on time. Instead Foles was indecisive and felt a little phantom pressure, he rolled into it and had to fire late. By then, the defense had started to come over to Kelce and Kelce had lost his rhythm on the route.

Foles was adequate today but he was exactly what he appears to be; a guy that's just not consistently dangerous enough downfield for his aggression to overcome his erratic decision-making and accuracy.

My wife called me up yesterday and said that her customer told her that he went to HS with Nick Foles.

He said his nickname in high school was "Foot Long Foles".....heh.

Nick the Dick?

Nice post.

This is one of the best posts about Clay ever. 100% true.

Exactly.

I think people need to keep things in perspective.

For a game where Maclin and Kelcee both left, our 3rd string HB was in, and and we had to win with our b/u QB he did fine. He did ok for a b/u. He did more positive than negative but didn't do a whole lot. Passing grade.

For a starting QB he looked pretty poor for much of the day.

Good thing he's a better-than-average b/u and not our regular starting QB...

He really does appear to be afraid of letting the DC figure out what he is doing. Sometimes you just have to make the defense stop you, and not stop yourself worried about staying 1 step ahead. Sometimes on a 3-2 count you just throw your fastball because it's your best pitch and you don't worry about if the hitter knows it's coming.

While you guys are ragging on Reid, I have to temporarily stand in your corner.
His play calling drives me ****ing bonkers.

I'm all about being Unpredictable... but hot damn some of the calls in the red zone are just utter garbage.

He's goin' deep.

He must love Subway sandwichs!!!! yum yum

ROFL

Reid's redzone play calling will be the single main cause for us either missing the playoffs or getting bounced rather quickly.

Playoff defenses and DCs are not scared of Reid imploding himself...

I don't care to see Foles anymore. Ride rest of season with Alex Smith and hope our defense is championship and we Trent Dilfer our way to Super Bowl victory.


Has anyone ever mention drafting a quarterback in first couple of rounds in the draft?

MN Chiefs fan noted the same play I did in his all-22 breakdown.

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2016/1...-all-22-review

That was an amazingly awful play and it only looks worse from the reverse angle. Jesus - what the hell was he doing? And I didn't notice his feet on that throw to Kelce (which, in his defense, was an amazing throw).

Solid read, wish there were a few more video clips though.

That late game "near pick6" wasn't even close. Dude had to dive to barely get a hand to swat it away.was a great defensive play by Smith.

YSN!

If he doesn't stutter step, it's right in his mits. It hit him in the forearm; it wouldn't have taken a dive as much as he just needed to not take that false step at the last second.

He broke before Foles even started his throw because Foles absolutely stared a hole through Hill.

Well it wasn't even close to the Parker muff. Now THAT is a drop.

Yeah.

Parker was...uh...not good. He had a game shortly after the Buffalo game that he pretty much won for us and we shifted him briefly back to corner; it was probably the worst game I'd ever seen him play.

This one beat it. I don't think I've ever seen Parker play as poorly as he played in that game. Was it two plays after the Muff that he managed to lose Robinson in the 2 seconds and 10 yards that Robinson had to work with for the TD? I mean shit man, you knew they had to go to the endzone and had to go quickly, how can you not manage to keep an eye on Robinson for long enough to prevent that?

And then there was that time that Ivory took his soul.

It was a tough, tough day for Ron Parker.