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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
I have no problem with methodical, . . I'm actually quite fine with methodical.
The most concerning thing about methodical at present though, besides the increased # of plays leading to increased chances for big mistakes, is that we inevitably end up with the TD attempts coming in the shrunken confines of the red zone, which magnifies our blocking and hard running woes and removes the already schemed speed advantage at WR.
We're not going to be able to underhand bowl TDs to TEs forever.
1st and goal is a specific skillset, different from moving the ball down the remainder of the field.
Methodical, and '1st and goal' will be more promising when we get a better running threat and our blocking gels a little better.
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I don't know what games you're watching. We've had no issues scoring in the red zone other than turnovers. None.
Why wouldn't we be able to underhand TD's to TE's forever? All that misdirection is confusing as hell to a defense and when you only need a couple of yards that's a great way to make sure you can get it. We've also punched it in this season in short yardage situations several times; we don't really have issues running the ball when we commit to it and with the new O-line.
The fact that we make mistakes on long drives, well, yeah that's the whole reason opposing defenses are making us do it. We need to get better at not turning the ball over and be more disciplined. But it's not a problem; it's not that we "can't solve the cover 2", this team is on a historic pace and without multiple turnovers per game, we'd likely be 4-1 or 5-0 right now. Even with this equally historically shitty defense.
Offensively, we're fine. We could use a WR2. Might have one in Gordon. CEH is now two knee injuries in two years. That's probably not good. We could use some dynamism from the RB position. That's really it. Other than that, they just need to play together and clean up mistakes.