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The Lamar, The Defence and The Special Teams

UPennChem said:
So this is interesting. People like @rmcjacket23 have said for a long time the "half time adjustment" thing is a relatively big myth. And I'll say certainly I have 100% agreed with that. How much could you really diagnose and convey in 15 whole minutes?

With that being said in his presser Harbs said they were expecting pressure because they were successful with it in the first game. However, they changed some things up on us. Then at the half he said "we had to flip into some different protections" because of their unique way of doing things this game.

And like clockwork, OL protection was 1 million percent better. Which I guess goes to show, maybe half time adjustments are more possible than previously expected. In this case it was dramatic. I was wondering all second half how things could be so different, but it seems like there was some very substantial changes that were made meaningfully to do it.

Kudos to Joe D and the crew for getting it done.
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Less halftime adjustments, and more just flexibility in general, seeing what the defense is doing and pivoting your approach on the fly
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Less halftime adjustments, and more just flexibility in general, seeing what the defense is doing and pivoting your approach on the fly
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I knew this is what people would say, but I think it's only half correct. You and @Simba have said the same thing. The offense has been more multiple so pivoting is easier. That's facts.

But it clearly wasn't on the fly. If it was then the adjustments would've come earlier. Look no further than the most stark differences literally being the last drive before half (maybe the worst drive of the season that didn't end in a turnover) and the first after the half.
 
UPennChem said:
So this is interesting. People like @rmcjacket23 have said for a long time the "half time adjustment" thing is a relatively big myth. And I'll say certainly I have 100% agreed with that. How much could you really diagnose and convey in 15 whole minutes?

With that being said in his presser Harbs said they were expecting pressure because they were successful with it in the first game. However, they changed some things up on us. Then at the half he said "we had to flip into some different protections" because of their unique way of doing things this game.

And like clockwork, OL protection was 1 million percent better. Which I guess goes to show, maybe half time adjustments are more possible than previously expected. In this case it was dramatic. I was wondering all second half how things could be so different, but it seems like there was some very substantial changes that were made meaningfully to do it.

Kudos to Joe D and the crew for getting it done.
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Joe D'Alessandris is perhaps one of the most underrated coaches we have. Our OL under his tenure has been at worst decent. 2021.....let's not go there, but still......
 
Well fellas I'm in a pub now smashing schooeys
 

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Now as for this game. First half had me stressing NEARLY as much as my dad was during the Niners game. Honestly, credit to the Texans coaching staff for getting constant pressure on Lamar.

Then the second half came around. So I saw Lamar's post game comments about how he basically was cussing people out in the locker room. No wonder why Lamar seemed so animated on the first drive of the 2nd half. You can tell how BADLY he wanted that TD. In a way, this game kinda reminds me of the Bucs game from last season. Once we started running the ball more in the 2nd half, we basically controlled the game. Shout out to Dalvin Cook for getting his late in the game.

Defensively, man. Not one sack on Stroud, but that's fine because we were getting tons of pressure on him. Run defense limited them to 38(!) yards. And one of those runs was a 16-yarder. Amazing performance.

We NEEDED this win so I'm beyond happy for the team ESPECIALLY for Lamar. Of course, he heard this noise about his playoff performances so for him to have 4 total TDs and not a single turnover is impressive.

I don't recall who it is, but someone brought up the weather for our game this Sunday. 60% chance of rain or something like that? If that's the case, GUARAN-DAMN-TEED we're playing the Bills because of course. Not a chance in hell we'll play the Bills in normal weather, right?
 
Dom McRaven said:
Now as for this game. First half had me stressing NEARLY as much as my dad was during the Niners game. Honestly, credit to the Texans coaching staff for getting constant pressure on Lamar.

Then the second half came around. So I saw Lamar's post game comments about how he basically was cussing people out in the locker room. No wonder why Lamar seemed so animated on the first drive of the 2nd half. You can tell how BADLY he wanted that TD. In a way, this game kinda reminds me of the Bucs game from last season. Once we started running the ball more in the 2nd half, we basically controlled the game. Shout out to Dalvin Cook for getting his late in the game.

Defensively, man. Not one sack on Stroud, but that's fine because we were getting tons of pressure on him. Run defense limited them to 38(!) yards. And one of those runs was a 16-yarder. Amazing performance.

We NEEDED this win so I'm beyond happy for the team ESPECIALLY for Lamar. Of course, he heard this noise about his playoff performances so for him to have 4 total TDs and not a single turnover is impressive.

I don't recall who it is, but someone brought up the weather for our game this Sunday. 60% chance of rain or something like that? If that's the case, GUARAN-DAMN-TEED we're playing the Bills because of course. Not a chance in hell we'll play the Bills in normal weather, right?
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Well the intentional grounding should count as a sack. But the pressures stopped anything from happening the whole, the D allowed 3 points. What a performance!
 
Simba said:
Had some early issues where the downfield was taking too long to develop and we were taking sacks. What do we do? Adjust and have quick slants and screens. What a wild concept. Can’t believe this is the first year we’re seeing that in a long time.
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my only criticism is that, while the blitzing may have been unexpected, the short and intermediate middle of field throws should have always been there against this texans defence and LB group
 
Harbs dancing is every white guy at a wedding after 3 drinks and I love it. Can’t wait to see his Super Bowl dance
 
UPennChem said:
I knew this is what people would say, but I think it's only half correct. You and @Simba have said the same thing. The offense has been more multiple so pivoting is easier. That's facts.

But it clearly wasn't on the fly. If it was then the adjustments would've come earlier. Look no further than the most stark differences literally being the last drive before half (maybe the worst drive of the season that didn't end in a turnover) and the first after the half.
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I think everybody is right here. In game adjustments are continually being made. The difference is the coordinator and his judgements on what adjustments should be made. I used to get so pissed at Gro because it seemed he was so scripted and didn’t adjust during the game. Also halftime gives the coaches a few minutes to get the groups together without real bullets flying, and communicate what they have seen and what adjustments they want, to counter what the other team is doing.

The other thing to note is that this team is so talented, top to bottom, that making adjustments on the fly is easier to do.
 
Let’s hope Stout doesn’t have another disastrous punting game like he did this game .
It was really bad with the line drive punt setting up a td return score for the Texans .
It was embarrassing , particularly considering we used a draft pick on him .
 
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