JoeSixPat
Pro Bowl Player
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I'd have to give him some credit for last year though.
I don't. Yes, I know they didn't have anywhere near the tools that we have this year.
And yes, I know we were one play away from going to and winning the Super Bowl.
But the thing that hurt us all season was the lack of a deep threat. This brought the DBs up to the line of scrimmage, placed pressure on the QB, RB and ensured double coverage on our limited WR corps.
He never attempted anything that I saw to try to keep defenses honest. Although Caldwell and Watson don't have anywhere near the skills, one should still be able to send them 20 yards deep enough and have them catch enough to keep defenses 5- 10 yards further back than they played all last season against us.
McDaniels never appeared to recognize this fault and the adverse impact it had on other aspects of the game. It just seemed to me he was willing to give up that aspect of the game.
And its far more likely that he'd be walking into THAT situation next season than one in which he has a Tom Brady and Randy Moss.
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