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Originally Posted by petegz28
Yeah but you have to wonder what is going on with the play? Trent Green used to get super pissed that he was not allowed to audible. I am not saying Cassel isn't allowed but again, if he fails to do it on a play then that is what the coaches are for. If they are seeing something he isn't then that is what they are for.
Just by the nature of what we saw yesterday and even some in the Chargers game I still think the playcalling lacks a certain amount of "attack" to it and I think it is by design. You shouldn't have to read the defense too much to call a slant in the huddle. When teams were blitzing and getting pressure like Miami was you shouldn't have to audible into a bootleg. It should be the called play. They were getting so much pressure off the edge and up the middle yesterday the slant and 3-step drops should have been called play after play until they backed off.
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Who's to say they're not in a good play and Cassel's just not capable of determining where the blitz is coming from and figuring out who his "hot" read is?
As some of the replays showed, and I'm sure Clay will show in Gif'd Up, guys were running open. But at the slightest sign of pressure, Cassel shits himself and pays more attention to the rush than his WR's running open.
Should we have called more slants, screens, etc? Absolutely.
But let's not act as if every play call was doomed just because of Miami's blitzing. Good QB's WANT to be blitzed, because they can take advantage of the matchups. As we know, Cassel's not a good QB.