Smoot Lays the Smack Down: WAS @ SF

[MTK]

It's kinda funny, on one hand you say the offense is boring and predictable and let's not blame the execution, and then with your 2nd rant you blast the OL for not being able to open running lanes and pass protect.

The offense wasn't boring and predictable in the first half of the season when the OL was firing on all cylinders. Scoring was an issue all year I know, but early on it seemed like we were always just a play or two away from getting it figured out. Then the OL went to hell and the entire offense did as well. If we want to know what happened to the offense this year look no further than the big uglies up front.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

It's kinda funny, on one hand you say the offense is boring and predictable and let's not blame the execution, and then with your 2nd rant you blast the OL for not being able to open running lanes and pass protect.

The offense wasn't boring and predictable in the first half of the season when the OL was firing on all cylinders. Scoring was an issue all year I know, but early on it seemed like we were always just a play or two away from getting it figured out. Then the OL went to hell and the entire offense did as well. If we want to know what happened to the offense this year look no further than the big uglies up front.

Overall, yes, I totally agree with that statement. But Moss' three BAD drops and Portis' fumble are piss poor execution. Portis will put one on the ground every once and a while, but that was really bad timing yesterday. And those drops by Santana were baffling. All three would have been first downs.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

It's kinda funny, on one hand you say the offense is boring and predictable and let's not blame the execution, and then with your 2nd rant you blast the OL for not being able to open running lanes and pass protect.

I don't lay all of the blame for struggles on offense at the feet of a single person or a single unit. The offensive line is awful but the coaches deserve some blame for failing to get them to perform and failing to do things to mask those deficiencies. How about moving the pocket once in a while? How about instructing Jason to play out of the shotgun more? How about more keeping more guys in to block instead of running 4 guys out into routes?

Moreover, I'm not the only person saying that the offense is predictable. JLC "reported" that defenders for other teams (e.g., Ed Reed) think the offense is predictable.