Tank
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The girl you dumped last week pulled his head out of his ass and played lights out football. lol
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The Offense Thread
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so the playcalling was such a different being this week and so much of it was not just down to the deep ball or whatever it was down to variety - we looked like a real nfl offence for once - we used playaction, draw plays, 3 wide, we split danny woodhead outside (with collins still on the field), we used a TE screen when it wasnt the most predictable playcall you've ever seen, we varied the running game nicely, we went to the flats off good run fakes, and our intermediate passing game existed
all of this was facilitated by playcalling that gave the oline a chance to give collins room to work which made the rest of the game so much easier for flacco - and i noticed only 2/3 throws that were either missed or not thrown in the right spot for the receiver - so it was good playcalling, and joe reading the field accurately with time for the first time all year
AND IT WAS MAGICAL
1 yard to Watson
We’ve been calling for play action for the entire season. Crazy
I’m just wondering where this play calling was the entire season. Does he actually do this much better without the brace. Sure he may be able to step into his throws better, but the play calling should have been there all year.
We can do the same type of play calling next week and if it doesnt work people will be asking for marty head again
We still should fire Marty
yeah i went back to the highlights and couldnt see the brace so may be it really has been affecting his footwork enough to affect things or at least give him less confidence in his movement/mechanics - joe just looked lighter on his feet yesterday
the better playcalling gave flacco more better options to read the field and more time to read it which naturally gave flacco some confidence which meant that worse playcalls looked better because flacco was confident and positive in his throws - it's a symbiotic relationship - good qb play makes worse playcalling look better and good playcalling makes worse qb play better
Tank
Hall of Famer
Yep. It's all about being unpredictable and creative and it was like flipping a switch. Of course the degree of difficulty will go up exponentially next week, but it's a a start and a confidence builder. The WRs will have to play much better for the Ravens to get to where they want to go.
Sooky
MVP
I said it before the game... Bracegate. Called it. Nailed it.
Cville-Raven
MVP
The o-line has held up extremely well post Yanda injury. Alex Collins has been an absolute steal for a guy who was cut before his 2nd season in the nfl. Their ability to finish in the red zone yesterday was absolutely shocking.
You mean the weights around his leg known as a brace
the ability to get to the redzone in the first place was even more shocking
i mean it'll all be water under the bridge if we make the playoffs and go on a run but if it comes out that the brace really was a problem im amazed it took it breaking for this to finally happen - he just looked so much more confident and mobile in the pocket without it - and ive been calling for more playaction/boot action all year but maybe the brace stopped us from doing it so much because it made joe's footwork and ability to plant and turn in the pocket more difficult
The Raven
Veteran
I still need more time to digest this.
But I mean, I think it's the result of letting Joe attack downfield and staying somewhat committed to the run game. Let Joe be Joe and don't forget to run the ball, and the Ravens are a playoff contender. Simply put, we stopped playing scared.
I didn't notice a drastic variation in the play calling other than a few more instances of play action, the tight end screen, and splitting Woodhead out. I mean, that may have accounted for six, seven of the plays, but really, this was on Joe.
Joe threw the ball more than 10 yards on 33% of his pass attempts and he looked damn good doing it. Prior to this week, for the previous six weeks, Joe had thrown the ball down the field (more than 20 yards) around 25 times and only connected with a receiver once. I don't know what Joe's completion percent was on these throws, but I bet it was over 60% on all passes over 10 yards and that's really not something we've seen from Joe.
He threw down field more and he threw with accuracy and precision.
Joe threw the ball more than 10 yards on 33% of his pass attempts and he looked damn good doing it. Prior to this week, for the previous six weeks, Joe had thrown the ball down the field (more than 20 yards) around 25 times and only connected with a receiver once. I don't know what Joe's completion percent was on these throws, but I bet it was over 60% on all passes over 10 yards and that's really not something we've seen from Joe.
He threw down field more and he threw with accuracy and precision.
He looked good against Oakland and had pretty solid games against the Bengals and Browns to open the season, all with the brace on, so I doubt that's the reason.
Tank
Hall of Famer
I think you are prezactly correctomundo, hit the nail on the head. Playing not to lose is losing football.
it's not that those few plays specifically changed the offence on their own but the variety they provided made the defence not double down on the few things we did earlier in the year which gives joe a fraction more time and a lot more space to work in - im not underselling flacco but im saying there is a symbiotic relationship between the playcalling/design and qb performance and this was the first game of the year where the 2 parts really helped each other rather than spited each other - and its a positive vicious cycle - when the playcalling gives joe more time and space he throws with better mechanics/footwork/confidence which opens up the offence even more and makes different playcalls successful