Mid to late rounder.We need to have an insurance policy at RB, and I don’t think that guy is Freeman
that's only the beginningLamars thread is at page 420
blaze one for the homie
Funny how Lamar was in the MVP conversation early in the year then faded . He faded because of massive injuries to the team. It's as simple as that.
Put Mahomes,Rodgers,etc behind our line as they would have gotten destroyed.
No doubt but why didn't Roma go to a quick short passing game with Lamar like he did with Huntley considering the zero blitz packages we were seeing? Roman did Lamar a disservice.To be fair, as good as he was early in the year, he also played poorly down the stretch. No doubt the injuries exacerbated some of that play, but he was clearly struggling.
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I don't think defenses are playing the same scheme against Huntley as they are Lamar.No doubt but why didn't Roma go to a quick short passing game with Lamar like he did with Huntley considering the zero blitz packages we were seeing? Roman did Lamar a disservice.
This was a pet peeve of mine with Roman. Our O line was struggling, we had no running game, so no play action, yet he continued to try to throw deep with Lamar. He switched to the quick, short passing game with Huntley for obvious reasons, but why not adjust with Lamar getting pummeled and the long passing game not working? You’d have to go back and look at the numbers and different situations but damn it just seemed we were attempting downfield passing plays allot.No doubt but why didn't Roma go to a quick short passing game with Lamar like he did with Huntley considering the zero blitz packages we were seeing? Roman did Lamar a disservice.
The off season begins with coaching decisions to be made, Lamar's extension, Bozeman decision and the status of injured players coming back healthy, especially the status of Stanley. A very dramatic off season to say the least.
No doubt but why didn't Roma go to a quick short passing game with Lamar like he did with Huntley considering the zero blitz packages we were seeing? Roman did Lamar a disservice.
At least we won't accuse it of being boring...
Because defenses are playing both guys differently. They aren’t stacking pressure against Huntley because they know there’s little threat of him going deep. They’re fine with giving up the quick hitters because they know we can’t run the ball with consistency either. So give up a little and force us to score. Obviously it’s working against us. Teams would not be playing Lamar the same way though.
Yes but wouldn’t you agree that Roman should be adjusting to what the defense is doing? With Huntley he is limited in his play calling because of physical and experience limitations. He could have been mixing in more short to intermediate passing plays with Lamar, especially given the state of our O line and running game. And I think that’s the point here.Because defenses are playing both guys differently. They aren’t stacking pressure against Huntley because they know there’s little threat of him going deep. They’re fine with giving up the quick hitters because they know we can’t run the ball with consistency either. So give up a little and force us to score. Obviously it’s working against us. Teams would not be playing Lamar the same way though.
Yes but wouldn’t you agree that Roman should be adjusting to what the defense is doing? With Huntley he is limited in his play calling because of physical and experience limitations. He could have been mixing in more short to intermediate passing plays with Lamar, especially given the state of our O line and running game. And I think that’s the point here.
It’s not all on Roman as much as people want it to be. I still think Lamar is great but he’s been (a) working high to low on his reads and (b) holding the ball too long. Can’t always blame coaching. I think there’s room to give Lamar some quick hitters but you can’t just tear down everything you’ve been building with him. The reality is that we’re playing with a shit OL and no running game and it’s hard to get everything going with that. For as much as everyone likes the offense we’re running with Huntley, we aren’t putting up touchdowns. The offense we’re running is not good enough to do that. It’s what we’re forced into doing
Two different qbs.. what works for one may not work for the other.. just because lamar is the starter, we cant assume that he is better at everything than huntley. Huntley probably understands some things better than lamar. I could be 100% wrong and it really could be romans fault but im just saying….. however, it looks like huntley does and is ok with taking what defenses give him where lamar looks to always make the bigger play. Huntley playing time will in fact make lamar a little better. Looking from outside in is sometimes what people need.This was a pet peeve of mine with Roman. Our O line was struggling, we had no running game, so no play action, yet he continued to try to throw deep with Lamar. He switched to the quick, short passing game with Huntley for obvious reasons, but why not adjust with Lamar getting pummeled and the long passing game not working? You’d have to go back and look at the numbers and different situations but damn it just seemed we were attempting downfield passing plays allot.
tbf i do think there are some really basic things we could have/should have been doing with lamar before any of this to help create easy quick throws to sustain rhythm and get receivers in space especially because of the ineffectiveness of the running game
we've seen way too few RPOs and concepts like that to supplement the running game and keep ourselves on schedule - especially once teams started selling out and daring us to beat the blitz
Agreed. I just don’t like the assumption that you can just get back to basics. It’s a little deeper than that. You’re still developing Lamar and can’t throw away all you’ve been building, but you can certainly add some elements to try to get him back into a rhythm.