oldmanfan

Bingo.

I keep bringing this up, but why are people harping in the DiMarco play? He had position, the throw was there and it was DiMarco mistiming the jump.

Do you mean Jackson?

If I were McD (or Terry perhaps). I would ask a veteran coach whose opinion I respect to review my in game decisions over this past season. Review play calls as well. And give me unvarnished opinions on whether and where I need to be more or less aggressive.

Guy named Brees. But he just threw a pick into double coverage so he is now a bum of course.

As always Shaw is spot on

What did I write? Did I not write that the two things he did that cost us were the fumble and that he should have thrown it away on the grounding play? Did I not write that?

And again the throw to DiMarco should have been caught; he had position and mistimed his jump. And again the lateral while dumb had no impact on the outcome of the game. And again there were no pick sixes at all, so why you would include that is mind numbingly silly. And again the intentional grounding was not much different than taking the sack. Allen made two plays that directly impacted the win: the fumble that gave them three points, and on the grounding thing he should have just thrown it away (although I think there were two penalties called that play so if correct that would not have mattered anyway). He has to protect the ball better when he runs. Needs to continue getting better at pre-snap reads and such. All valid. But you just keep continuing your little trip in Fantasyland.

He improved from year one to year two. Why would we expect he won’t improve from year two to year three?

So he should make the throws and the catches and the blocks and the runs in your world.

My bad. I though they went the last two years.

Watson has two years of failure before winning his first game yesterday. Allen will hopefully learn from this and be better in the playoffs next year. Both have long futures in the league.

What does it mean? It means they scored 19 points in a row. If it had been say 18 guess who wins? And Allen has one turnover. The fumble. Which hurt. Like Brown not getting his feet in hurt. Like Duke not holding on in the end zone hurt. And more.

Do your friends like Winston?

The intentional grounding did not cost the game. He should have thrown it away earlier but from where the sack was we were out of FG range anyway. Plus there was second penalty called I believe? The throw to DiMarco? He had position and if he times the jump a fraction later it’s a completion. That is on Allen? Please. The one thing he did that truly cost was the fumble. He can’t fumble there. The lateral was silly but cost nothing. The almost picks didn’t either; we had some almost picks too. He made some great plays and a few bad ones. He did not lose the game, indeed got them into OT and had them in position to win in OT. Could he have done more? Sure, you always can. But when one player accounts for over 80% of your offense that’s pretty crazy.

There just wasn’t anyone open so throw it downfield and hope he makes a play. He doesn’t it’s like a punt anyway. He jumps a fraction of a second later it’s a completion. So I don’t see why it should be criticized so heavily.

And DiMarco had position and should have caught it. Quit trying to deny what you saw.

Balance. You're Right. But that balance has to include the run and we gave up in that later in the game.

Whether the play or pattern should have been called is a separate issue. Watch the play. It was not a ridiculous throw. It was a throw to a guy who had position and just needs to time his jump better for a big completion. Quit looking for false reasons to criticize the QB.

A few critical mistakes by coaches and players alike. But if you are going to put a team together emphasizing defense then the defense cannot give up 19 straight points.

Utter nonsense.

And experience will help with that. Someone at church this morning said Allen reminded them of Favre. Not a bad comparison.

He didn’t have many options; they dropped a ton of guys into coverage. Here’s the deal which makes some folks takes infuriating. People talk about letting your guys try to make plays. Allen let DiMarco try to make a play. DiMarco had inside position, Allen put it on the money, and if DiMarco times his jump better it’s a big play. But people go one and on about how Allen made a bad play there?

I would say your expectations for a second year QB are off base. He does some head scratching things to be sure but he also is the guy who got the team to the playoffs, got them downfield to tie it in regulation and had them in position to win in OT absent that blind side call. Do you believe young QBs get better with time, do they learn by experience?

Who should have caught the ball.