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A much better effort but Stidham isn't that good. Defense needs to get off the field a lot more on third down. They just don't mix things up enough by Spagnoula to protect he secondary. Maybe two weeks off will help devise some more schemes.
Two things on offense. PM still is having a lot of trouble when any defense shows him different looks either with coverage, putting 8 men back or showing things late. The nature of the medium pass routes this season creates a lot of traffic which has been effective but dropping so many defenders into those routes really crowds the space and has frustrated PM often. Teams in the play-offs will continue to do this.
Second, any time they want Mahone can throw short swing passes or out in the flat to any running back on this team to pick up easy yards, first downs and to keep the clock moving, especially when the running game is effective and even more so when it's not. Frankly, I think these are impossible for defenses to stop. Getting the ball in the running backs hands more often on theses types of throws would help the defense stay off the field as well.
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