shula responds to criticism

[panthers55]

I don't anyone has said "Hey we just have to throw the ball down field."

 

The offense looked decent in the first half. Once Seattle made half time adjustments, we were shut down. This has been happening to Shula his entire career.

 

Hopefully we figure something out.

We had three possessions in the second half. That was it.  A seven play drive which resulted in a punt.  A nine play drive which resulted in a punt. And a nine play drive which resulted in a fumble inside the 10 yard line.  In all three possession we had 80 yards to go.  Few teams routinely score from that far away and on the last drive we had them where we wanted them.

 

How exactly was that getting shut down??

[Jmac]

If he thinks he is hearing crap now, just wait if the O has a repeat performance.If Mikey boy and Ronnie don't learn how to adjust on the fly and can only see things after the game in the film room.... Then we be screwed

[Zod]

We punted on 2 drives....issue was we only had 3. I don't think Seattle made this huge second half adjustment....we just didn't have enough chances.

I bet Seattle punted 2 times in the 2nd half...

 

If not for Seattle penalties, we would have punted on all 3 drives.

 

Why is that? We could not get to our own 30 with decent field position and 3 tries?

[tiger7_88]

Sure lets chance giving them free points by going for it on 4th down from our 30 yard line and just giving them the lead.. Ohh and fuuuug the defense lets just screw up the field position battle while we are at it even though our defense has been shutting them the fug down. Totally great call! Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Know what one of the advantages of having a stout defense is?

Taking some calculated risks on offense hoping for the big payoff (which happens more often then you think on well-coached teams with quality players) KNOWING that if your coin flip comes up tails that you have a good opportunity recovering from that failed chance BECAUSE YOUR DEFENSE CAN STOP THEM.

Which, you may have noticed, they were *doing* more often than not against Seattle.

[Zod]

We had three possessions in the second half. That was it.  A seven play drive which resulted in a punt.  A nine play drive which resulted in a punt. And a nine play drive which resulted in a fumble inside the 10 yard line.  In all three possession we had 80 yards to go.  Few teams routinely score from that far away and on the last drive we had them where we wanted them.

 

How exactly was that getting shut down??

 

The last drive we had them where we wanted them? You mean we had them where they put us after numerous penalties. We would have not sniffed the end zone if not for that.

[Zod]

 Few teams routinely score from that far away

 

Tons of teams get at least a field goal out of 3 tries from their own 20.

[beastson]

All I want to do is win

 

By any means

 

That fumble was the nail in the coffin. I turned the game off cause I knew it was over. That was such a loser play on our side and winning play on theirs 

[NavyPF4L]

Was the ball on our 30? I recalled that it was more like around the 45 or 50.

I realize that it's a big game of chess, but I think we can pick up 4th an inches.

Yeah it was and honestly I like our chances if we had gone for it but our defense was basically bitch slapping them around at this point and we had the lead still. So I could see going for it but omg had we of not had gotten it.... Imagine 30 nuclear bombs going off on the huddle and the raping Carolina and Rivera would've gotten from the talking heads. We would've been the laughing stock of the nfl.

[CPF4LIFE]

Im just glad this is being addressed now in week 2, and were not going full chud till week 10 like last year.

[teeray]

Shula stole all my lines  ;)

 

Oh and he is spot on too.  After studying the game further I am very comfortable with what we did Sunday despite the 7 points.

 

I feel good.  I hope they tweak some stuff, but I am encouraged.

[panthers55]

We punted on 2 drives....issue was we only had 3. I don't think Seattle made this huge second half adjustment....we just didn't have enough chances.

I bet Seattle punted 2 times in the 2nd half...

They did punt 2 times.  The biggest difference was the return fumble which gave them the ball at the 35.  They started the half, got that extra possession and they finished with the ball giving them 5 possessions to our 3. It took away one of our possessions where we would have had the best field position all day and made it simple for them to score a field goal which made it 7-6 instead of 7-3.  If it stays that way even when they scored a TD, a field goal would have put us ahead.

[MHS831]

I know we did not score points, but your defense is stuffing them and you're averaging 5 yards a carry on the ground.  Shula did what he should have done.  Olsen dropped 2 passes, DWIll's fumble. Cam not seeing open WRs down field, Lafell's invisibility--- etc.  That is why the team did not score.

[panthers55]

The last drive we had them where we wanted them? You mean we had them where they put us after numerous penalties. We would have not sniffed the end zone if not for that.

GO back and count the number of drives we extended of theirs with penalties.  *** for tat.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah it was and honestly I like our chances if we had gone for it but our defense was basically bitch slapping them around at this point and we had the lead still. So I could see going for it but omg had we of not had gotten it.... Imagine 30 nuclear bombs going off on the huddle and the raping Carolina and Rivera would've gotten from the talking heads. We would've been the laughing stock of the nfl.

 

 

If it was our own 30, then I retract my criticism.  I thought I remembered it being either about the 50 or so.   I still think we could have picked it up with either Cam or Tolbert though.