Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Originally posted by genus49:
Are you two for real? Burford said he freelanced on the play aka he went AGAINST what he was coached to do on the play.
Do I need to remind you why he was on the field? You going to blame Shanahan for Feliciano getting hurt too? Did you want him to run onto the field and tell everyone "do your job guys"?
It blows my mind that some of you legit have takes like this. And save your sarcasm when you're being this ridiculous. Shanahan had his flaws in that game like any HC but he called a play that had two WRs wide open for a TD. A backup in for an injured starter not only freelanced by going against the coaching assignment on the play but did so with the idea that NOT blocking Chris Jones is the smart move to make.
And this you blame on Shanahan?? 🙄
One play does not make or break a game. The problem is shanahan fails at multiple aspects you all fail to acknowledge.
Who picks what players are on the team and the field at any given time? Who picks what gets practiced every practice? Who calls in the plays to the QB and determines how much free reign they have to audible at the line? Who decides whether to go for it or to have the kicker try? Who calls timeouts and challenges? Who picks the defensive coordinator? Who picks the offensive coordinator?
People are acting like shanahans allowed to cop out for having bad players in bad spots not execute like the miss on Reddick by the backup tight end.
Guess who gets to pick which players go where at a given time? Yup that's shanahan again. If you don't think burford is reliable than don't put him on the field or give him an easier role.
Do you think dwelley specifically practiced the play lined up against bosa in practice prior to Brock losing his arm? There is no way. There's no cop out saying well dwelley practiced that play 5x in practice against bosa and he stonewalled him every time.
If that were the case then I would blame execution. The problem is preparation and player selection. Game management needs improvement. Challenges and timeout timing is horrible. Penalties were also high last year.
All of it I put straight on the coaching.
First of all when you're responding to someone talking about that SPECIFIC play then that's what I'm going to respond to as well.
You're doing some serious mental gymnastics to put all the blame on the HC and not the players who are also getting compensated very well for their work.
Even your examples are absurd. There are things Shanahan did wrong in that SB or the other games we lost but you blaming him for some of these just makes you guys look bad and like casuals who don't understand this game.
It's not Kyle's job to remind every player on the team to do their assignment. When a player who is in the game due to injury to the guy who was playing better than him decides to "go with his gut" and his gut told him that the best pass rusher on the opposing team isn't going to rush on a critical 3rd down and you think that's more on the coach than the player...that's crazy.
As for your gripe about Kyle's call when Brock got injured, you're all over the place. Ross Dwelley had nothing to do with that play. He wasn't even active for that Eagles game. That was Tyler Kroft for one.
Second the play was a playaction pass that had Aiyuk open for a huge play if not a TD. Reddick didn't react to the run fake at all and him doing that is one of the reasons the Eagles traded him because the guy was basically ignoring his assignment and just looking for sacks. He guessed right on that play but Brock not only had the opportunity to throw the ball earlier but also step up in the pocket. Not to mention if he's hit a split second before or after he's not injured.
It was a fluke injury and one that taught Brock to throw with anticipation much better. There is no question in my mind that if that was the 2023+ version of Brock out there he hits Aiyuk for the huge play there and keeps playing the rest of that game.
There is also the fact that you can't let the defense alignment dictate what you do all the time or they will take advantage of it. You talk about bad timeouts...what do you want Kyle to do? Every time Reddick lines up against the TE call a timeout?
Nobody complained when Andy Reid did something very similar against Reddick in the SB. Andy just had an extra game to identify the aggression and use it, similar to what Kyle did when we played the Eagles with Reddick again the year after.
There are things you can blame Kyle for that are legit things without making up stuff.
For instance in that last SB it was him running the game plan through Deebo even though he was clearly dealing with something and once KC went to man coverage he was pretty much useless. Should've shifted to funnel the offense through Aiyuk, JJ and Kittle instead(tho George had his own injury)
But even with that gripe they still easily could've won the game. Several plays/situations happened in that game that if a single one of them is flipped we likely win the game. None of them had anything to do with Kyle Shanahan unless you think his play design was for CMC to fumble, ball to hit Luter's leg and then McCloud decide to try to scoop it up and make a play vs just falling on it to maintain possession, etc.
