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Originally posted by jta854:Originally posted by SanFranAddic:
He needs to "look at the film" so he can see how Troy was running for his life all game.
Our offensive line played terrible. What a joke.
Originally posted by Bluefalcon61:Originally posted by chico49erfan:Originally posted by Bluefalcon61:
Didn't see many seam route type passes - except for that one late in the game.
Like a previous poster said, what were the Tampa coverages like? Can't really tell from watching on TV. But I would guess that they risked that Troy Smith can't make throws down the middle of the field consistently while in the pocket, and Troy Smith and our coaching staff proved them right.
Their safeties were sitting in lounge chairs about 20 yards down the field. We threw the ball over 15 yards ONCE before we were down 21 and there were less than 5 minutes left in the game.
Did it look like there was space in the middle from 20 yards in for our tight ends and/or slot receivers to operate as long as Troy Smith could deliver the ball? Quick slants, hooks? Three-step drops from Troy Smith? Or even those funky quick jump passes that Jeff Garcia made all the time?
It seems to me that this coaching staff fell for Tampa's past performances against the run and reverted to the conservative "run Frank Gore" up the middle offense. Tampa's D catered to Mike Singletary's philosophy and he set the guidelines to Mike Johnson for this week's gameplan. "Keep it simple, run Frank Gore."
If the coaching staff even gave thought to Tampa maybe rolling its coverages deep and to the outside, they may have conceded that Troy Smith, due to his lack of height, would still have problems passing over the Tampa middle, instead of figuring out creative ways to attack it.
Originally posted by craigyboy:
no sh*t they didnt. but pass plays were called and he was not nearly as effective as the two prior games. since at home we cant see the field, i'd like to hear from someone who was at the game to what tampas coverages looked like. was troy forced to check-down most of the times because their zones so tight?
Originally posted by SanFranAddic:
He needs to "look at the film" so he can see how Troy was running for his life all game.
Originally posted by Wodwo:
Yeah... they tried. Unfortunately, Troy Smith has been exposed and can no longer roll out of the pocket to extend plays and improvise. That combined with the complete lack of an offensive line....
I do agree that the play calling was garbage, though.
Originally posted by Chief:
NFC Playbook just pointed out how many open easy passes Troy Smith missed last game.