No Audibles

[rickmmrr]

Are we the only team in the NFL that does not call audibles?
E-girls blitz all day and we never adjust.
I never see an audible.
We just totally suck.

[biggirl]

Originally Posted by rickmmrr

Are we the only team in the NFL that does not call audibles?
E-girls blitz all day and we never adjust.
I never see an audible.
We just totally suck.

That would require Brunell to think about it. He is too worried about getting hit, and throwing the ball away.

[MTK]

It has nothing to do with Brunell, blame Saunders for no audibles in his system.

Lay off Brunell, we know he sucks.

[Crat92]

Too many pages in the playbook!

[dall-assblows]

maybe he didn't think he needed to change the play.

[JWsleep]

All those passing plays have plans for what to do when the D blitzes. It worked fine in KC--and recall that Brunnell wasn't sacked toaday. The iggles blitzed on that one long throw to Lloyd, so if the blitz is handeled properly, it's an opportunity to make plays. We didn't handle the blitz well, no doubt. But it's not like this system isn't designed for blitzes. My guess is MB gets "happy feet" and misses the hot read. And the line missed some blitz pickups. Sure, we could have seen better play-calling. BUt without execution, it won't help.

As for the short throws, there is always more than one wideout in those sets. Brunnell just takes the first thing he sees, and that's that. MB doesn't want to get hit, so he takes the quick short read unless he clearly has all day. My guess is Campbell will take more hits and make more plays. And that will slow the blitz.

[3rd ID SOLDIER]

He's Right I Never See Any Audibles Get Called

[70Chip]

The problem with hot reads against the Eagles is that they want to force you into them. That's the idea. Same with Greg Williams. They blitz to get the ball out of the QB's hand quickly. Based on the formation, they can pretty well guess who the hot read is and get on top of it right away. That's why Rogers being 15 yards off the receiver is so bizarre. The hot read can be a fade which is what they must have thought the Eagles would try to do to Rogers, but it's usually not when you give them all that room. Our corners need to show different looks. Start off giving a cushion and then come up right before the snap or vice versa. We made it easy at times.

There were a couple of times in the first half today when Brunell didn't need to check or audible but just call a TO. Everyone watching could see the blitz coming and could tell we wouldn't be able to stop them. Go to the sideline and get another play. Sometimes the defense will back off figuring you will max protect. And, timeouts are not so valuable in the first half. Points are.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by 3rd ID SOLDIER

He's Right I Never See Any Audibles Get Called

Again, this offense does not have audibles.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Again, this offense does not have audibles.

boggles me this can happen in the modern NFL. KC never called audibles??

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by illdefined

boggles me this can happen in the modern NFL. KC never called audibles??

I think that Saunders tries to design his plays so that they are immune to any look the defense gives. Shades of Spurrier. Spurrier would have tried to block Demarcus Ware with Christian Fauria too.

What a depressing thought. Saunders is Steve Spurrier without the combination routes. He's Horizontal Spurrier.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

All those passing plays have plans for what to do when the D blitzes. It worked fine in KC--and recall that Brunnell wasn't sacked toaday. The iggles blitzed on that one long throw to Lloyd, so if the blitz is handeled properly, it's an opportunity to make plays. We didn't handle the blitz well, no doubt. But it's not like this system isn't designed for blitzes. My guess is MB gets "happy feet" and misses the hot read. And the line missed some blitz pickups. Sure, we could have seen better play-calling. BUt without execution, it won't help.

As for the short throws, there is always more than one wideout in those sets. Brunnell just takes the first thing he sees, and that's that. MB doesn't want to get hit, so he takes the quick short read unless he clearly has all day. My guess is Campbell will take more hits and make more plays. And that will slow the blitz.

What the good QB's do is they move and slide in the pocket. Brady, Brees and Manning do it really well. They can feel the pressure, slide and stand tall in the pocket and make an accurate throw under pressure. Audibles are something that are needed in any offense so I'm not sure why this system does not have any. I played highschool football and we even had audibles in our system. Simply pathetic.

[redskinsfanatic]

i think if the redskins had run the same offense they did last year this season with gibbs calling the plays,the redskins may have been undefeated up to this point.i think gibbs misjudged what a good play caller he was,and overestimated saunders!

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

I think that Saunders tries to design his plays so that they are immune to any look the defense gives. Shades of Spurrier. Spurrier would have tried to block Demarcus Ware with Christian Fauria too.

What a depressing thought. Saunders is Steve Spurrier without the combination routes. He's Horizontal Spurrier.

at least Spurrier knew the direction of the endzone. christ did i just say that??

i don't believe Saunder's offense was purely horizontal, i remember plenty of downfield, over the middle shots to Gonzalez. Cooley should be that guy here, he has some of the same ability.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by illdefined

at least Spurrier knew the direction of the endzone. christ did i just say that??

i don't believe Saunder's offense was purely horizontal, i remember plenty of downfield, over the middle shots to Gonzalez. Cooley should be that guy here, he has some of the same ability.

You guys have to realize that Saunders is not running the offese he want's to. KC the last four or five years were always a top ten rushing/passing offense. It all starts with the QB. And if you don't have the trigger man then it just does not work.