I’m going to admit to being wrong. I was too hard on the guy. First two games looked like trash to me. The adjustments he has made and the playcalls since week 3 have improved even with losses to Carolina and ATL. The biggest adjustment he made is putting the ball in CJs hands.
Hopefully last week he learned that when he has a 10 point lead its better to hand the ball off than to risk an unnecessary mistake that gives a team a chance to win. We wouldn’t have a 6-4 record without Slowik.
The people who were calling for Slowik’s heads at the beginning of the year were always stupid. Without a doubt, he’s had some questionable games and he definitely is the biggest reason we lost to the Panthers and possibly even the Falcons.
However, he calls up great plays most of the time and he constantly spaces out the receivers which gives Stroud plenty of options. I’ve seen some film breakdowns, and especially for the Bengals game, Stroud constantly has multiple choices to find an open man.
My issue with him is that he gets way too cute sometimes, and some of our worst plays this season have also resulted from his play calling. Every game, at least once or twice like clockwork, he will scheme up a boneheaded play that ends up costing us points or a drive.
I think he’s doing a good job, and he will definitely be a target later on for a HC position. If he keeps improving and if we retain for a few more years, this offense with better weapons can legitimately be historic.