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Originally Posted by chiefz
Why get cute? 9 yards to score and 1st and goal after moving the ball on the ground and previously scoring two rushing touchdowns (from 11 yards and 1 yard).
Johnson has problems with pass protection from lack of game experience in the NFL, everyone knows it. When Trent misses the previous pass because of pressure why the hell would you take your fullback out and run another pass play in that situation.
That's not Vermeil, thats Saunders.
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Now you are talking about "mixing it up"---the perpetual dilemma faced by all Offensive Coordinators.
If Offensive Coordinators become too predictable, that's the death of an offense. When mixing it and and getting cute works, OCs are a genius; when it doesn't work, they aren't "making adjustments" or should have gone with "what was working." It's a Catch 22 for them....
Do you go with "what works" and get stopped, as in the LJ four straight times at the goal line.....? Or do you "get cute" and score on 4th and goal at the goal-line--with no time-outs and 3 seconds on the clock.....no one really expected that