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Message: [QUOTE="qdawgg, post: 32276, member: 52"] I'm with Dick and Cuseman on this one. If you take away all the drops (or a few of them and this has plagued us in almost every game) then all of a sudden the offensive playcalling doesn't look as bad. Van Chew dropped a pass on a big 3rd down and at this point I don't even remember the rest but there were definitely drops by our players. I'm not completely defending everything the staff did, there are some playcalling decisions and long-term offensive game plans I just don't understand. But, last week people complained that we ran the ball 3 plays in a row and didn't get a first down. This week the coaching staff is wrong for not running the ball 3 plays in a row. It just doesn't make sense to complain about everything. Another example, for at least a couple of weeks quite a few people have complained why don't we see some of the other WR's and I agree that West should be in the game a lot more with plays called for him. But I personally think the decision to throw the ball to Foster was a brilliant decision. Who's going to be covering Foster, what defense is expecting a TD play to be called specifically for him, and who would expect it on first down. That is smart - gutsy playcalling that a lot of people have been calling for. Then when plays like that are called, the coaches are wrong for doing it. That play is a smart play, you see it used in college football all the time. In the endzone throw the ball to the guy that nobody expects to get it. Great call - not very good execution. Execution is not the fault of the coaches in many of the situations from yesterday. The defense played a hell of a game, reminds me of my Bears where the offense is terrible all game and the defense is on the field for long stretches of time. 1 big problem, there were no less then 3 interceptions that the defense should have picked off that would have been huge. I forget who but one player missed 3 by himself. There was 1 that could have resulted in a TD and another one that definitely would have resulted in a TD had the ball not been knocked out of the players hands by his legs as he started to take off for the endzone. Given all that. The defense may end up saving our @sses more this year more then we imagined they would or could. The corners did a hell of a job on their WR's who are significantly bigger and taller. They have improved a lot since the beginning of the year and it allowed Shafer to call a lot of blitzes and be aggressive, which is how we won many big games last year; on the road of course. The defense is turning into a nice surprise and the offense has turned into a different type of a surprise. Very worried that the only real improvement I have seen is in the offensive line. This is a good improvement to have and should result in more first downs and TD's but it's not. I'm really concerned about the WR's, I thought Lemon would have another solid year and the Van Chew would have a break-out year. I guess I should have just started my own thread:D [/QUOTE]

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