These are all things that should have been taught and fixed in the early part of this season.
Unfortunately, Harry is just getting started at a time when football is very critical. In the words of BB "Real football starts after Thanksgiving."
This would further my point. Pull the majority of "his gameplan" contributions, but at least give him opportunities, albeit brief and maybe have a coach watching him like a hawk to see if fundamentals are being heeded.
I'd imagine the kid is pressing. That catch in Dallas...cmon man. You can't tell a young kid battling injuries not to dwell on mistakes when you literally bench his ass for them. If he doesn't get it now, what the hell are we to expect if he's necessitated by injury in the play-offs?
I'm no route tree expert. I don't know how egregious the failed box out is either. Seems like a reasonable reaction from my seat, although the mantra "come back to the ball" keeps repeating in my head. Has this kind of stuff been an issue in his limited pro tape?
I guess Brady could have gotten out of that play but hardly a head scratcher. Well designed play w extra blocking to protect the rollout. Meyers & Harry both **** the bed when it comes to r/r. Both had trouble at the top of their routes. Rounding off, not decisive or physical enough at the top will get those results on a lot of plays.
Rolling Brady out by design is a head scratcher to me. Why cut down an already crowded RZ?
Did Meyer's have a bad game r/r? I was under the impression this was one of his strengths, to go with great ball tracking and hands. He had a couple great adjustments (maybe due to poor r/r) and grabs in that wind game.
It's not like this is the first time we've discussed WRs fitting being the issue on this board. There is no reason not to be able to figure out something given the skills these guys have. This isnt Reche Caldwell level simple lack of talent. Great hands have been on display when connections are made. Maybe its the road atmosphere? The oline played well enough, despite Cannon getting knicked. They had a few "wtf was that moments," but it wasn't like previous games where I was worried Josh was going to get Brady killed before they committed to helping Newhouse. The run game style that was having success as well as opening up the middle for play action was inexplicably abandoned on a road trip with a sick defense for gun empty/1back sets.
I swear McDaniels hates the run game like Buddy Ryan hated offenses. Or maybe he's tired of hearing about how Bills d is carrying his offense and wanted to play kid hero. Despite the miles given up on the ground by that defense the last few weeks, Josh willingly opted for typically less effective running formations and willingly started trying to throw it around the yard like its 07 all over again. In the first and second quarters, the only times we had any success was in the "heavier" set w/ Sony on the field.
At i believe the end of the first quarter(maybe the possession before 2 minute warning?), as he's being subbed out after a decent gain on 1st, he gets run off for a smaller wr package. The camera followed him to the sideline and you can see him shrug his arms and say something to friar (iirc, rb coach) that seemed like a "wtf, can I get a rythm" move if I've ever seen one. I would strongly agree if this was the case.
The TEs are bad. Watson has been ok, but the kids suck.
The WRs apparently don't give a damn (dorsett), and whatever you want to explain as the rookie's issues.
And McDaniels is running out personnel like its a runway show, while abondoning the set he felt strongly enough about to open the game in after having all week to think about it, and was the only real effective attack until garbage time when the defense had already started planning the nights party.
It's like McDaniel's panics when things don't go great, and after that his default is rainmanning 4WR plays into the head set.
While refusing to let the only physical mismatch he has see the field after an early mistake in essentially his last preseason game.