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The 2015/2016 NFL Thread v. yfw da jest win da superb owl

Why are there so many NFL coaches who stubbornly stick to their schemes even when it's a misuse of their personnel? Scott Linehan pulled this kind of crap when he was the head coach of the Rams - he kept calling these BS hitch n'go routes with late-career Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt as his wide recievers. Even in their prime neither Holt or Bruce ever had the kind of speed that would make these plays work - you need someone with kick return speed to pull this off, someone like Az Hakim, though he wasn't on the team by that time. Holt and Bruce were crafty, precise route runners, and Linehan never really altered his offense to take advantage of that. Steve Spagnuolo, another failed Rams coach, did the same kind of thing in his one year as DC of the Saints - sticking to his usual play calls even though the Saints personnel was all wrong for it. Not surprisingly, they finished near the bottom of the league that year. Or the way Josh McDaniels blew up the offense in Denver even though it was still productive, just because it wasn't "his" kind of offense.

I will never understand why there aren't more coaches who are well-versed in several different schemes, and adjust accordingly to fit their personnel. It's all about whether the player is a fit for the coach's scheme, instead of whether the coach can adapt to his players' strengths.
 
Rex Ryan is doing the same thing to the Bills' Dline as Doug Marrone did to their Oline last year. It's maddening.

And you have players complaining about "communication issues" on defense that cause big passes to be given up because the cover schemes are complex and things move too fast when the opposing offense goes no-huddle.

Hey Rex, maybe just keep things simple and let the talent on your defense do the winning instead of outsmarting yourself with these stupid complicated schemes.
 
GenericMind said:
Great, they're saying Watkins might be out a few weeks with a sprain. That means our #1 and #2(Harvin) and #3(Goodwin) receivers are out for a few weeks, our #1 RB McCoy is still hobbled, our #2 RB is out is concussion protocol. Our starting Safety was just placed on IR, as was our #2 tight end. Our starting right tackle got taken out with a concussion today so he'll be out a couple weeks, and our 4-time pro bowl defensive tackle Kyle Williams might have blown his knee out.

Thank god we the jags next week and then a BYE. We sure as fuck need it.
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At least you dont have to play a FB on your D-line.
 
Kittycat5 said:
That may have been one of the worst football games I ever watched last night. A good team would have put 50 up on the Giants yesterday and breezed by Philly.
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Agreed. The Eagles are not a good football team. I am glad we won but the best case scenario is another first round playoff loss. Kind of disheartening. I really think Chip Kelly needs to be fired. Experiment failed IMO.
 
Yeah, Kelly has failed and it is not so much his system, but his lack of eye or experience in getting the right professional players to effectively execute it and (even moreseo, I could forgive one year of bad player selection) not even utilizing the players he did chose properly.

Both Ray Lewis before the game and Gruden during it commented on how east-west the run plays are and how Murray is not that type of back. It was so obvious how true these comments were. He runs 15 yards before even attempting to go forward on half the plays.

And Bradford is so bad. I would play Sanchez, no joke.
 
Win seals it: Steelers are contenders when Ben Roethlisberger returns (E$PN.com)

just as I predicted before the season started. most impressive how they have remained contenders through a slew of injuries, tho...

could the Steelers win the mediocre AFC this year? a Wild Card spot is a solid bet; there is no parity in the NFL this year. chances are the teams fighting for the other Wild Card spots are the Bills and Jests, and they play one another twice. the Broncos offense is horrible, the Pats D is average at best and the Bengals have... Dalton

Steelers are one healthy kicker and no suspensions and no injuries away from flirting with 6 - 0. close only counts in horseshoes & hand grenades, so I'll take the 4 - 2
 
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average defense is not a problem when you have one of the best offenses in the league. patriots had an average-ish defense last year and i think they did ok.

alasdair
 
The Cowboys I thought had a pretty good chance of having a great year until the Romo injury. I'm not really a Cowboys fan but I thought Romo had a strong start and was exhibiting that he is truly a pretty good QB. I hope Dallas hangs in there and is able to get a playoff spot if Romo comes back and finishes the year strong. It's possible given the state of their division.
 
A sack/fumble/TD, a pick 6, and then another INT that turns into a TD all within 3 minutes. I think the whole "Is EJ good enough to be a starter?" question will finally be laid to rest among Bills fans(he still had a lot of supporters). He's a fucking dumpster fire.

I still expect the Bills to win the game, though. The defense will need to make some big plays and turn the ball over some. The Jags are still not a good team, so a comeback is still in the cards.

I feel bad for anyone dumb enough to have started EJ Manual in fantasy this week. I know there are definitely some Bills fans out there that did.
 
the bills defense has been pathetic so far too imo. 30 yard td run by yeldon, some games he's only gotten 30 rush yards all game. and he already has the most fantasy points in a single game hes had all year

all the talk about rex ryans shitty play calling, im seeing the bills defenders struggling to make tackles.
 
big 4-down stop on the goal line by the bills defense. good response by jags holding bills to the field goal.

bills are not out of this by a long shot. too bad mccoy just turned it over again.

alasdair
 
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