Brady wasn't playing well last year or this year until the commitment to the run. Do you watch the games or just listen to Brady Homers see things they don't see and believe it?
Have you seen his stats this year?
Of course he is the greatest of all time, but what does that have to do with now?abil
Are you on something? You are not a real fan of the team if you find McDaniels, Brady and the entire offense playing up to their capability.
I am for whatever combos they want to use. Preferably, I see it something like this. I just think if you have fresh bodies, used the same way, the D cannot detect preferences. So, you'd have like a Burkhead/Bolden duo in the second half, for example, and you're not over-using the Michel/White duo or the base package of Michel/Roberts to establish the run game in some way by the 2nd qtr to get to playaction.
All I see if Brady dropping back over and over with the real intent of looking for Edelman and hopes he is open. By the time, Brady does choose to use the progressions, it's too late. The clock is all off. He needs to have the clock be on time based on the pay he is calling. In other words, it's not matching up with one another, because the Ds are dictating to our offense by playing man, putting a nickel on WHite, and then just sitting in the middle with the LBs.
I also have a sneaking suspicion, as we've seen in recent years, the DBs are mauling our WRs. This would explain how Sanu arrives here and all of a sudden struggles to separate or how strong, young WRs like Harry and Meyers apparently cannot. I am just not buying all these coincidences.
Something like this:
Package 1 : Michel/Roberts (FB)
Package 2: Michel/White (3rd down package) 0r just White as the lone setback and Dorsett in the slot.
Package 3: Burkhead/Bolden (2nd grouping to be used in the same way as above, but a second grouping with the idea to keep the RBs fresh throughout the game)
On 1st and 2nd downs, it should be RB group option 1 until the run game is fully established.
Goal #1: Involve ALL RBs in the 1st qtr. Run once with each and pass once to each. Make them a designed 1st read to each player.
Goal #2: Involve all WRs as best as possible along with 1 target to LaCosse.
Goal #3 Involve Harry and Meyers as designed 1st reads when Sanu needs a breather (or Edelman for that matter), and use Dorsett in the slot on 3rd downs. The latter can be used to "stretch the field" as we saw numerous times on Sunday as he had his man beaten so badly, he created two PI calls, except Goodell cheated on the last one, as we saw.
Goal #4 IN the red zone, target Harry as a 1st read like you did vs Dallas, assuming it's man coverage. Make him an actual weapon because you know, he was on everyone's draft board as a 1st rd pick, is big and athletic. Duh.
Goal #5 Do not sub the backs in and out unless your subbing out 2 at a time for a breather. Use the backs in the EXACT same way (both with running and passing to them).
If the offense actually tries to do these things, the run game WILL come, playaction is there, Brady is better and the OL looks better than it is.*
*DO all of this regardless of the score, and accomplish this by the end of the 2nd drive.
When it's man and you don't like the look in terms of a match up, run it. If it's zone and you know it's zone, throw it. If you use the 2 RBs and use them in both the run and pass, and don't sub for the back to run a specific play, just keep the same RBs out there and keep the concepts the same.
I've said this almost ever year, but in other years there may have been an excuse due to health or personnel at RB, but that's not the case here. This isn't 2013 or 2015.
They asked what their strength was last year and turned it on. Well, THIS (RB group and their skill set) IS your strength this year, but you just won't use it.
While I agree TB can and hopefully will play better, I do not blame him entirely for the offense being in quicksand. Everyone can play better the Oline can be better, receivers can get open a second earlier, and the playcalling shouldn't abandon the run so quickly.
