Focal Points for the Remainder of the Season

Agreed on tackling, use of RBs in the passing game.

Can we please put the wildcat to rest? It hasnt worked in years and yet it seems every game we roll that shit out and waste a down or two. Are they just waiting for someone to injure Cam jamming him at the line?

More pressure from the linebackers....we just cant let Brees stand there in the pocket all day like Brady did for most of the game.....

Keep Cam from turning back to pouty Cam....

 

Brady was eating our lunch in passes to receivers from the line of scrimmage to maybe 8 yards. I want some of that

 

They tried one recently, forget which game. It went nowhere and I remember thinking we don't need to do that anymore.

 

>Fix the tackling.

That was horrendous. Perhaps they were playing too amped up, but it lasted the whole game.


* Establish an interior running game.

Were facing a lot of crowded frongs as well. Your third point may help that as well. I'm not sure what we can do about the right side of the offensive line though, to directly address those problems. It is what it is.

* Be less conservative with the route tree.

The decrease in YPP is directly related to the more conservative, safer passing offense. But so is the increase in third down efficency. We have more third downs we have to convert. We need to be top 5 in third down efficency or else the Seattle game happens. But I do give credit to Shula for designing a short passing game that Cam can execute. I'll take less explosive plays for less known passing situations where Cam gets pressured. It's helped. I haven't seen the numbers, but I'd bet Cams passer rating takes a nose dive whenever he is pressured and has to reset his feet. We seem to be addressing that by trying to avoid those situations.

We opened things up a bit last game, and hopefully we will start seeing a safety more than 10 yards deep.



* More passes to the backs.

Agree here, particuarly with Tolbert.

* Get Greg Hardy going.

I still see explosiveness with him when he disengages from the blocks, so I'm encouraged that we could see more from the Kracken. He seems to be handfighting alot, trying to overpower his guy, instead of using his athleticism more consitantly IMO.

 

The offensive line isn't great, but it wasn't in 2008 either. I think Williams and Stewart are sometimes trying to make plays that they can no longer make at this point in their careers.

 

when there are *holes* at the first level, they do well. but it's hard getting more than a yard or two (if that) when there is no hole at all. the O line is not all that great at all. it's a more weakness than the d-2ndary, imhmfo

 

It's worse than your grammar.