Coaching has improved

[Simply Red]

good play calling most of the night, I credit the large showing in the chat room for that.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

good play calling most of the night, I credit the large showing in the chat room for that.

Did you catch Chucky saying that "fans in Philly were scratching their heads about now"(?) in regards to Reid being more diverse in his playcalling?

[Easy 6]

Andy finally realized that, outside of Bowe, his receivers are junk... ran it 34 times last night, gotta love it.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Andy finally realized that, outside of Bowe, his receivers are junk... ran it 34 times last night, gotta love it.

Yep. That has also enabled Kelse to BLOW UP!

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by TEX

Yep. That has also enabled Kelse to BLOW UP!

Running backs, tight ends, and Bowe... I'm good with that for this year.

[Ragged Robin]

Yes, all the formations and personnel grouping had me thinking "where the hell was this the first few weeks??" Hope they keep it going.

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Andy finally realized that, outside of Bowe, his receivers are junk... ran it 34 times last night, gotta love it.

I like how we do the most damage under balanced a run/pass attack, then just pound it the last couple quarters to put the game away.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

Yes, all the formations and personnel grouping had me thinking "where the hell was this the first few weeks??" Hope they keep it going.



I like how we do the most damage under balanced a run/pass attack, then just pound it the last couple quarters to put the game away.

Plenty of run plays really seems to keep Smith comfortable, he had a killer completion % last night.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by 505 Chief

Did you catch Chucky saying that "fans in Philly were scratching their heads about now"(?) in regards to Reid being more diverse in his playcalling?

no but that's an appropriate observation.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by 505 Chief

Did you catch Chucky saying that "fans in Philly were scratching their heads about now"(?) in regards to Reid being more diverse in his playcalling?

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by milkman

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

This.

Source:

Lived in philly, Andy ignored shady and passed passed passed when he should have ran it like he stole something

[Wallcrawler]

Its tough to argue with results. Maybe Andy finally got tired of having to answer the questions as to why he was the best defender for the opposing team, singlehandedly shutting down our running game for them. People ask how we lost to the Titans, just look at the number of rushes in that game compared to these last two victories. Charles touched the ball 5 times in the first half of that game. That is COMPLETELY inexcusable.

How you take your best player, who accounted for nearly 40 percent of your offense a season ago and just completely ignore him is baffling. He even admitted to it in the postgame presser after the loss.

Kelce has been a shot of adrenaline into the heart of our passing game. Bowe hasn't earned his contract, Avery is inconsistent, and the rest are pretty much a bunch of scrubs that would likely be on the PS of any other football team in the league.

The strength of this team is going to be the 1-2 punch of Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis. With those two guys running the football, Alex Smith becomes so much more dangerous. Play action becomes viable, and Smith has always loved throwing to the TE position where we look to have a rising star once again.

Last night, on throws to Travis Kelce, he was like 8/9 for 90 or so yards and a TD. The one miss being the stupidly bad overthrow early on.

The offense is going to succeed or fail based upon the discipline of Andy Reid. If he sticks with the ground game, and keeps our offense balanced, we will be scary. The O-Line isn't good enough to line up and protect Alex every down in a one-dimensional offensive gameplan. They must have the threat of the run in order for our passing attack to have a chance.

If we get down early in games this season, it may be rough sledding. Its tough for a lot of coaches to stick with that running game even when you're behind on the scoreboard.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Its tough to argue with results. Maybe Andy finally got tired of having to answer the questions as to why he was the best defender for the opposing team, singlehandedly shutting down our running game for them. People ask how we lost to the Titans, just look at the number of rushes in that game compared to these last two victories. Charles touched the ball 5 times in the first half of that game. That is COMPLETELY inexcusable.

How you take your best player, who accounted for nearly 40 percent of your offense a season ago and just completely ignore him is baffling. He even admitted to it in the postgame presser after the loss.

Kelce has been a shot of adrenaline into the heart of our passing game. Bowe hasn't earned his contract, Avery is inconsistent, and the rest are pretty much a bunch of scrubs that would likely be on the PS of any other football team in the league.

The strength of this team is going to be the 1-2 punch of Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis. With those two guys running the football, Alex Smith becomes so much more dangerous. Play action becomes viable, and Smith has always loved throwing to the TE position where we look to have a rising star once again.

Last night, on throws to Travis Kelce, he was like 8/9 for 90 or so yards and a TD. The one miss being the stupidly bad overthrow early on.

The offense is going to succeed or fail based upon the discipline of Andy Reid. If he sticks with the ground game, and keeps our offense balanced, we will be scary. The O-Line isn't good enough to line up and protect Alex every down in a one-dimensional offensive gameplan. They must have the threat of the run in order for our passing attack to have a chance.

If we get down early in games this season, it may be rough sledding. Its tough for a lot of coaches to stick with that running game even when you're behind on the scoreboard.

Who the **** knows. I mean, it took knile Davis for Andy to realize the need to run the ball. He's had Westbrook, shady McCoy and jamaal charles, and it took a backup rb to show him the importance of running the ball. I sure as shit hope this is a continuing thing and not just some short term gimmick.

[Coogs]

I guess I really didn't have an issue with the clock management. When the drive started, we were on our 11 with over 2 minutes on the clock. IIRC, New England had all 3 timeouts left. I was hoping for a first down to maybe run out the clock.

Then, when we got to their 14 with over a minute to go, I was hoping we would run the clock down to virtually no time left to score either a TD or FG, and leave Brady no time to score the other way. We did that.

Only thing different would have been quick play with 8 seconds to go, but if the pass to Bowe would have been a TD instead of just short of the goal line, I wouldn't have even cared about that.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by milkman

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

I wonder who's been getting in his ear?

[temper11]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

good play calling most of the night, I credit the large showing in the chat room for that.

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