It can’t be a coincidence that the, ”first 15” scripted plays are absolutely terrible nearly every week. Sirianni more than likely is designing those, as he’s said himself he’s in charge of the game plan and other things even if he’s not fully calling plays.
Nick also said in multiple press conferences earlier this year that he was the one who called a lot of the situational play calling late in close games that came under criticism from fans.
At the end of the day, Nick is an offense HC and this is his offense. A lot of the first half play calling reminds me of 2021 before Steichen took over play calling. Not enough running, and a passing game that seemingly takes 5 seconds to develop and is either a screen or a huge bomb downfield. It drives me insane when w don’t work the middle of the field because Smitty and AJ are 2 of the best in the league at working the middle and the sidelines.
It seems that the offense comes to life in the 2nd half when BJ is presumably calling most plays while Sirianni transitions to just managing the game and the players? I was hard on BJ too but the more I think about it the more what I’m saying makes sense. The creativity in the run AND pass game is exponentionally better than the first half in a lot of our games this year, the tape looks like 2 different football teams at times
For me I’m more concerned about why we seem to constantly have issues on the exchange on a handoff. It’s happened too many times this year. This is basic day 1 shit I don’t understand the issue. We can’t keep giving teams turnovers at least let them earn it and force it themselves.