Honest Non-emotional Football response

[CPcavedweller]

1 minute ago, philit99 said:

and with new personnel packages. That's my only gripe. Why not respond to what the opponent is doing regardless of preseason. You don't have to scheme. We did much better in the third quarter when we ran 21, 12, 13 personnel. I really hope that's not a long-term strategy. Later in the fourth we had to pass and it went right back to crap. Did the coaches want this type of tape to look at, to coach these guys up? It is possible I guess.

It's hard to get everyone the reps that they need in practice to simulate a game situation. I think that's where the break down occurred. That said, I've not seen a Pre-season like this since the Panthers in 2010 had Jimmy Clausen at the helm. Generally, when you fail to score touchdowns in preseason, it doesn't bode well for the regular season. 

I thought our offense was putrid regardless of formation or personnel. Much of it was related to simple route concepts and an inability of guys to get open. Any time we had a decent play, penalty flag. I have a hard time believing that 75% of penalties being called this preseason won't be ignored during the Regular Season as well. 

[mc52beast]

Maybe Elway isn’t as stupid as we thought