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Originally Posted by loochy
 You really think they went in and intentionally let the chargers score a bunch of points? This whole "vanilla" argument I keep seeing is absolutely reeruned outside of the preseason. No, Spags had a plan and it wasn't working so he adjusted at halftime. It wasn't an intentional "vanilla" plan. JFC |
Players and coaches have mentioned it's a thing in the past... comments about opening the playbook in the offseason and so forth. I thought it was really obvious in the Raiders game last season.... after struggling with some shitty teams, it was clearly a tuneup for the postseason run.
It's obviously a far cry from "intentionally let them score a bunch of points" and as far as yesterday, I don't think the Chargers' offense was amazing in the first half. Punt, FG, a big play after converting a couple 3rd and longs, another big play. Outside of those two big plays, they were already making the Chargers work for first downs.
My theory is the vanilla thing might be less so this season given they're trying to figure stuff out with the receivers... and maybe they do even simplify things for that reason, who knows. On defense, there could easily be a few wrinkles they hold back.
"Vanilla" might be a bad word for it as it's not like they implement a 1995 Madden playbook... a few wrinkles here and there, not running a certain play from a formation they show all year, etc. Doesn't have to mean it's drastic or they're trying to lose or anything reeruned like that.