So in the presser yesterday, when asked what he can take away from the Chicago and GB games, Dan said the tape was significantly more encouraging than he expected, and that it really just came down to giving the ball away and not generating any takeaways.
Whats interesting about this point, is that they way Dan talked about this, he really seems to believe protecting the football and getting a take away or two is enough to bring us back to form. He seemed to think that our downturn really boiled down to this. Do you think its really this simple, or are there larger concerns outside of turnover differential?
For me, playcalling on both sides of the ball feels suspect. I’ve been surprised with how often I’m scratching my head at what our offense is doing, and I’m growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of designed blitzes and soft coverage we show every week. But to Dan’s point, our turnover margin is hilariously bad and these games have only been decided by one score. As such, I’m torn on whether my issues with playcalling are as bad as I think they are, or if the turnovers are amplifying an issue that isnt really as bad as I make it out to be.
What are your thoughts?
edit: for clarity’s sake, we have a -6 turnover differential over the last two games (1:4 against Chi, 0:3 against GB), and are -5 on the season (12:17)
I’ve watched about every presser, and I don’t really wanna get into criticizing MCDC because, well he’s still awesome regardless but did you catch how he dodged the question about getting pressures and not sacks?
Sure he’s totally right about the turnovers and I do fear we’ll have to lose some games without turnovers to start addressing the schematic problems particularly on defense, but at this point I think it’s a matter of deflection until we see what we’re dealing with player-wise next year so I’m saying as nicely and respectfully as possible I think there is a stubbornness problem that’s not likely to go away this year, maybe because he knows best and the alternative is worse, who knows. Gotta trust, there’s no other choice.
If you are getting pressure thats truly all that matters.
Sacks do help the yardage game so id love to have those too but if you are at least putting pressure on the QB then it’s good.