Is Joe Brady the main issue on offense?

[Richard Noggin]

21 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

You're right but a variety of people who know more about football (Cosell, Romo, Orlovsky, etc.) than I do have mentioned that our passing concepts are rather simple and/or unimaginative.  

 

Andre Reed said their passing concepts back in the 90s were "vanilla" because they had the talent to make simple concepts work.  Brady doesn't have the luxury of talented wideouts.  So he should be working overtime to figure out how to scheme guys open. 

 

And doesn't it strike you as odd that pretty much every receiver sees their production go down when they start playing for Brady (Diggs, Palmer, Samuel, Moore, etc.)?

 

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.  But not Brady, he made durian juice.  

 

 

 

Also, the repetitive/pared-down playbook of the Kelly Bills offense was much more vertical and aggressive in nature, so it put more strain on defenders. Like, even if Brady's mesh routes actually work and Allen has the time to wait for them, they're still semi-horizontal routes that don't exactly put safeties in conflict. Allen's arm should be firing lasers downfield on seam and boundary 9s and posts and flags and skinnies and the like...not just crossers and swings and screens and contested fades. Threaten defenses through the air while also slashing them on the ground. Add in mucho motion and play action and let's effing go. 

[newcam2012]

I think Brady overly focused on the run game at the expense of the pass game. Of course, running the ball is very important to an offense. However, in modern day football passing the ball effectively and down field are likely the better paths to victory. Neither can be one dimensional as defenses will adjust. Brady just has not been able to get his WRs involved. Moore, Samuel, Shavers, Shakir, Palmer, Coleman, etc...i know some of it falls on the WR talent or lack of. Injuries too. Seems like Brady doesn't know how to scheme WRs open. He calls the same plays over and over. Maybe I'm wrong but it sure seems like it. He lacks creativity, setting up plays, and is predictable. It doesn't help that besides Cook the offense doesn't really have anyone that can scare or threaten a defense. 

 

Lastly, Allen seems to be a little off. He's certainly not as elusive. He's getting tackled and sacked more than I can remember. Not sure if he's lost a step or if defenses have found some kind of formula to apprehend him. 

 

Whatever the reason; it's clear to me Brady has to go. He doesn't have it! There's no way he can be the OC next year. I'd say the same for Babich. McD has to get experienced quality coordinators on both sides of the ball. The hiring within seems to falling willfully short. 

 

Go Bills

 

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by newcam2012