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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
Well, are you insinuating if it were a running play, or if the back stayed in to pass block, Speaks would have been extremely effective?
But the part that it seems your post isn't taking into consideration, is that defenses don't actually KNOW if an offense is running or throwing...or if they are throwing, who knows which side? Deep or short? Rollout? They may have lined up in that run formation fully intending to run...but then Mayfield changed it to a HB wheel BECAUSE Speaks was over there!? What was Speaks supposed to do - rush the QB and let the HB go completely free? Or ****ing TRY TO COVER HIM!?
I mean, no one was bitching when Reid brought Reek into the backfield and got him isolated on a LB that he TORCHED down the sideline in NE, and I'm sure that no one thinks BB planned to cover Tyreek Hill with a ****ing LB, neither - Reid is good at that shit, getting mismatches. It's called 'the game within the game'. 
Jesus ****ing Christ, are you ****ing trolling me with this ignorant shit, or do you just not know how football is played?? |
I know exactly how football is played. It was clear that Speaks was responsible for the back. And no, I am not suggesting that if the back had stayed in to block that Speaks would have been effective.
If the back had stayed in to block, it just means we got lucky. Last week he was beaten on a play almost exactly the same, except the back did stay in to block, and Speaks left his assignment because he thought he had a chance to get to the QB, but the play broke down, and the back leaked out and Speaks was 6 yards away when he caught the ball.
Either way, Sutton put Speaks into a situation where he could not possibly be successful.
Do you ever watch the all-22 film? If you did, you would see that Sutton puts his linebackers in no win situations far too often. If you look at Speaks' skill-set objectively, it is very clear that dropping back in pass coverage, or shadowing a running back, is not one of his skills. I was expressing my frustration with Sutton for not understanding his personnel.
I don't know you, but you are obviously are a football coach, or get paid professionally for your football knowledge. Good for you. I would think that any coach, no matter what level, would say that their job is to put their players in a position to win. That includes winning in the film room and winning every individual snap.
A huge key in putting your players in a position to win every snap, is knowing what that player can, and can't do. If you put them in a position that requires a skill they don't have, you have failed.
I respect that you have a different opinion than I do, but I don't respect you, or any other member of this board that has to resort to peacocking and name calling just to make yourself feel better about your own opinion.
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