Play Calling in the PreSeason

[brandon_87]

7 hours ago, Cyberjag said:

In 2011 we averaged 279.8 yards per game in preseason.  Cam was 24/57 for 300 yards with 1 TDs and 0 INTs.  He rushed 5 times for 68 yards and 1 TD.

In the regular season opener, Cam was 24/37 for 422 yards, 2TDs, and 1 INT.  He rushed 8 times for 18 yards and another TD.

History says we run the vanilla crap.

I was at that game in Arizona, we were losing most of the time, of course his passing was inflated when he is playing from behind

[Cyberjag]

2 hours ago, brandon_87 said:

I was at that game in Arizona, we were losing most of the time, of course his passing was inflated when he is playing from behind

We were tied 7-7 at the end of the first, up 14-7 at the half, and 21-14 at the end of the third.  But the rest of the time we must have been losing...

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[pantherclaw]

Playcalling in preseason?

I'll let the history of the league answer this question.

[brandon_87]

12 hours ago, Cyberjag said:

We were tied 7-7 at the end of the first, up 14-7 at the half, and 21-14 at the end of the third.  But the rest of the time we must have been losing...

You're right, I confused it with the next time we played there, the first game just seemed bad because how it ended. I went to both Arizona games and saw 2 losses, had to go to LA last year and see the most boring game ever to see us win :/

[Joe the Show]

Playcalling in preseason?
I'll let the history of the league answer this question.

I have no doubt we are going to keep a lot under wraps during the practice games. However, if our offense really has evolved then it will be impossible to hide all the changes we have planned. The first time I see Cam hit McCaffrey with a pass in about 1.5 seconds and we actually gain yards I'm going to feel a lot better about the future.

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[Hogmolliesmaht]

The only prediction I will make is that some fans will foolishly criticize the pre season play calling even though other fans will explain to them that it doesn't mean anything and is nothing like what they will see during the season. You know, Einstein's theory of insanity and all.

[CelibatePimp]

First play call in preseason is Spider 2 Y Banana to Curtis Samuel.

[KB_fan]

On 7/10/2017 at 2:54 PM, Joe the Show said:

It will be very telling when the newbs get their first real in-game bullet pass from Cam. That is how we separate the men from the practice squad.
 

So true.  It definitely seems to take many of our WRs time to get used to Cam's heat.  So, I'd definitely hope that the preseason games give Cam & our new guys a chance to get on the same page.

[GRWatcher]

Our 2nd game, our 1st home game, will be against the Bills. Coach McDermott knows us so well you can bet he'll be scouring our preseason tape for any little clue he can find. As the Rivera coaching tree grows it will become harder to disguise preseason plays. So I am perfectly fine with hone-the-basic-skills vanilla play calling unless we need to try something.

[Raskle]

That's easy.. it's going to be whatever the hell we feel we need to work on the most in a live game situation. If it's the basics and fundamentals, it's gonna be vanilla. If it's a little more complex, we'll do some looks here and there, but nothing too extravagant so we don't show all of our cards at once.

Because, as we all should know by now, it's a glorified scrimmage that means absolutely nothing, outside of seeing how well certain players have developed, and how much they've retained from training as a unit.