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Originally Posted by Defensewins
I agree that the players on the field did not perform well late in the season. A lot went wrong. There is a lot of gray area that is not so easy to distinctly say this is the reason for the poor outcomes. Some may theorize the rest of the NFL caught up to Zorn's play calling and now he is a sitting duck. I am not thinking that, but I have heard it in other circles. All I am saying is the poor play in the second half of the season can just as easily be blamed on poor coaching.
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If one were to blame poor coaching, they could make a pretty good case by pointing out the following:
1) Rookies - The Skins offense was among the worst in the league during the second half of the season. How much worse could it have been with Davis, Kelly and Thomas in the line-up, especially in the last 2 games of the season when nothing was on the line? DeSean Jackson is the biggest knucklehead there is, but the Eagles coaching staff found a way to use him.
2) The RBs - Most of the elite running teams in the league utilized a multi-back system, while we ran Portis into the ground. Zorn had weapons in the backfield, but decided not to use them (Betts and Cartwright). He failed to use them in the passing game as well, while teams like the Dolphins, Chargers and Falcons screen passed their way up and down the field. Who needs receivers when you have TEs and RBs?
3) The O line - If it was so awful it couldn't even block against the ferocious defenses of the Bengals and 49ers, then scheme to compensate for it. Roll Campbell out, run some gadget plays, go no-huddle, practice sceen plays to the RBs until you're great at it, run some QB draws, go Wildcat... do whatever it takes to overcome the weakness and be productive on offense.