Throwing past the sticks

[AU-panther]

I understand the idea of a short passing attack.  Its been very successful for Tom Brady, but is it it me or have we gone overboard with it?

I decided to look at our passing attempts on 3rd and 4th.  Cam went 3/7 with the 8th attempt being a sack.  Of the three completions only 1 was actually a first down.  The other two were short of the sticks.  This isn't a knock on Cam, we saw the same thing with Teddy and Sam.

Actually Cams deeper numbers were good today, he was 6/7 past 10 yards according to a quick recap by PFF.

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Its like we are trying so hard to protect the QB we are actually making their job harder.

I understand protecting the QB or not having faith in the O-line but at a certain point you have to keep the defense honest.

 

 

 

 

[Harbingers]

6/7 is not a lot of attempts though. WFT secondary play was excellent. Collage coaches going up against pros man. 

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

is Brady allergic to play action passes? run the ball with CMC and Cam and set up the play action

[CmC2k]

and yet there's some people here who are gonna say it's cause Cam's arm is shot and not because our oline can't block long enough or Brady's passive play calling. 

[BPF]

Would love to see this team with some competency within playcalling. Way too much talent on this roster to not be a force each and every game. Line sucks, scheme around it. Not having an identity is an indictment of this coaching staff as a whole. Need someone in the building to figure it out or bring in some new blood to get it done.

[Zaximus]

Brady calls a lot of those short of the sticks passes.  Guess he expects YAC on each play.  Probably works in college more. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Cam played very good for coming off the street. But we have to all remember he hasn't mastered the playbook yet. What we saw today was a VERY vanilla offense for Cam to run. Had WFT figured out how to throttle CMC (that may be impossible actually), they would have won by more. Give Cam a game or two more and you'll see different plays ... but of course it's too late for the Playoffs most likely and we'll be drafting in the mids again. The question is, is Cam the future here or not?

[Fright]

I had no problems with the play calling. The offense did enough to win. The defense has to make stops on 4th downs and 3rd and longs, simple as that. 

[Smithers]

Third down efforts were pretty bad - at some point you have to throw beyond the sticks.  That falls on the QB.  Hopefully the playbook opens up as Cam gets more comfortable

[rico6]

1 minute ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Cam played very good for coming off the street. But we have to all remember he hasn't mastered the playbook yet. What we saw today was a VERY vanilla offense for Cam to run. Had WFT figured out how to throttle CMC (that may be impossible actually), they would have won by more. Give Cam a game or two more and you'll see different plays ... but of course it's too late for the Playoffs most likely and we'll be drafting in the mids again. The question is, is Cam the future here or not?

did you just create a hypothetical as to how WAS could've beat us WORSE lol?

kinda weird ass poo you lot be on, man

[Carolina Cajun]

1 hour ago, Harbingers said:

6/7 is not a lot of attempts though. WFT secondary play was excellent. Collage coaches going up against pros man. 

they were/are one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL, brady's offense made them better than they are.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Just now, rico6 said:

did you just create a hypothetical as to how WAS could've beat us WORSE lol?

kinda weird ass poo you lot be on, man

LOL, yeah, CMC did his thing. Once a team figures out how to stop him watch out for bad things. It'll be like the old days where Cam was our only weapon.

[SizzleBuzz]

1 hour ago, AU-panther said:

The other two were short of the sticks.  This isn't a knock on Cam, we saw the same thing with Teddy and Sam.

It was certainly considered a GIGANTIC "knock" on TB5...

...now it's no big deal? 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

is Brady allergic to play action passes? run the ball with CMC and Cam and set up the play action

Thank you. Seriously.