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Josh McDaniels, offensive coordinator, New England. In Week 3 at Foxboro, the New England offense was absolutely embarrassed, held to 215 net yards and 13 points in a 25-point loss to the Fins. Cassel was sacked five times. Fast-forward to Saturday night at the Patriots' hotel in Fort Lauderdale, before the rematch. McDaniels stood in front of his team and said: "We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow. I can tell you we'll put up a lot more than that.''
Prophetic -- with a very good reason. In Week 3 Cassel was a game-manager. In Week 12 McDaniels knew he had a game-winner. He was aggressive in his play-calling, directing Cassel to gun downfield early and often. Cassel told me after the 48-28 victory: "The gameplan was brilliant. His gameplans always blow me away, but this one was so good. Josh is an outstanding coach. I learn from him every week.''
The Patriots, with McDaniels orchestrating the show, had 530 net yards in the revenge win over Miami. I said this on NBC last night: I don't know a lot about the pro football landscape of 2009, but I do know this: Josh McDaniels will be one of the 32 head coaches in the NFL.
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Re: McDaniels:We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow
McDaniels is a good OC who comes in with good game plans. He has also done a phenomenal job with Cassel. But he still is slow to adjust mid-game if his game plan isn't working. And he still chokes in big games. We have had a dominant defense the past 3 years but our season ending offensive drives have been pitiful. He is like Marino or Peyton in that he is good, but chokes in big games, and whenever we come up short the blame is always on execution or individual players, never on the OC because people think his game plans are always 'perfect'.
Re: McDaniels:We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow
Gotta give McDaniels credit where it is due. He has definitely done brilliant work this year. He deserves a HC job. Maybe Weis and Crennel will be fired and we can bring back the old dogs
Re: McDaniels:We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow
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Gotta give McDaniels credit where it is due. He has definitely done brilliant work this year. He deserves a HC job. Maybe Weis and Crennel will be fired and we can bring back the old dogs
I saw Peter King yesterday (forget which game/show) just about stake his reputation on Josh being one of the 32 head coaches in the NFL in 2009.
Re: McDaniels:We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow
Thats the attitude I like about our OC. Like John Madden said "When you have a player like Moss, you take what you want" and with that being said, our OC, Cassel and Moss can be dangerous!
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Re: McDaniels:We're not going to put up 13 points tomorrow
Maybe this is just me, but from watching videos the guy also comes off as a douchebag, one of those ****y arrogant guys, and I think his play calling reflects that. He repeatedly goes shot-gun and telegraphs that it is a passing play because he doesn't think anyone will stop it anyways. His slow adjustments are probably also a reflection of the fact that he doesn't like to deviate from his game plan once the game starts. He rubs me the wrong way the same way guys like Peyton and Marino act like they're hot stuff, when despite amazing offensive stats they always come up short in big moments.
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You gotta love what McDaniels has done this year. He has really shined when faced with what people said was an undaunting task of running this offense without Brady. People said this would be the real test for McDaniels this year and I don't know how you can say he hasn't passed with flying colors.
My biggest fear is the McDaniels haters will get their wish and McDaniels leaves for greener pastures after this season for a head coaching gig. I think that will be when people will truly appreciate this guy.
As much as we have seen a maturation of Cassel, we may have seen the same thing with McDaniels this year.
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Maybe this is just me, but from watching videos the guy also comes off as a douchebag, one of those ****y arrogant guys, and I think his play calling reflects that. He repeatedly goes shot-gun and telegraphs that it is a passing play because he doesn't think anyone will stop it anyways. His slow adjustments are probably also a reflection of the fact that he doesn't like to deviate from his game plan once the game starts. He rubs me the wrong way the same way guys like Peyton and Marino act like they're hot stuff, when despite amazing offensive stats they always come up short in big moments.
I'm starting to get the idea the term "telegraphing" as it relates to football is a mystery to you. I never thought I'd hear anyone claiming McDaniels was telegraphing, lol.
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Maybe this is just me, but from watching videos the guy also comes off as a douchebag, one of those ****y arrogant guys, and I think his play calling reflects that. He repeatedly goes shot-gun and telegraphs that it is a passing play because he doesn't think anyone will stop it anyways. His slow adjustments are probably also a reflection of the fact that he doesn't like to deviate from his game plan once the game starts. He rubs me the wrong way the same way guys like Peyton and Marino act like they're hot stuff, when despite amazing offensive stats they always come up short in big moments.
you always seem to have a problem with mcd and OC and playcalling. We won 18 games last yr and even yesterday's game with that.I know you will bring the giants game but how many teams did that to us last yr? 1 in 19 ?. It works.There is no point in running the ball for no gain. And maybe the QB likes it better to sit in the shotgun and read the defense off a WR spread.
Honestly iam not the most +ve guy on the board but give them credit when the do something good . Dont bash them all the time.And above all, this is BB's team, he moulded this offense with the players and working with meyer also i think so it isnt that Mcd invented this spread offense.
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Thats the attitude I like about our OC. Like John Madden said "When you have a player like Moss, you take what you want" and with that being said, our OC, Cassel and Moss can be dangerous!
I can't find the quote now, but I heard on the radio this morning that Jason Ferguson said that the Dolphins were stimied at the beginning of the game because they weren't prepared for the Pats to be in the shotgun and spreading out the offense and they couldn't figure out how to stop it. That is what I like about McDaniels. He finds that weakness and isn't afraid to just continue to exploit it.
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