Official Game Thread - Week 13 - Titans @ Commanders

Daniels is definitely feeling better today. Was last week, too. Play calling really helping this week. Tennessee has no idea what's coming at them next.
 
Got away with one there on the obvious facemask.
 
Voice_of_Reason said:
But if you go max protect, you’re counting on some somebody beating coverage to get open.

We have 1 player who can do that.

Which poses the issue, we can protect or we can run routes, but we can’t seem to do both. And therein lies the problem.
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Seems to me we’ve seen a lot more 5 or 6 man protections lately. Kliff has tried to spread defenses out to gain an advantage running the ball. The problem with this (IMO) is 3-fold. First, (as you mentioned) defenders are playing close to the LOS, resulting in stacked boxes, blitzes, and taking away our quick game (and Daniels running). Second, teams are playing single high (to bracket Terry), so they have an additional defender in the box or close to the LOS. Third, teams are getting quick pressure on Daniels, so he doesn’t have time to wait on longer developing routes or to make 4-5 reads. So he can throw it short into tight coverage, or air it out deep to a doubled Terry or to Brown, who isn’t great at beating his man deep.
Long story short, I’d frequently max protect (from different looks, with 1 or 2 guys then leaking out on routes), giving Daniels time to go through reads, and putting pressure on dbs to cover longer and a vs wider variety of routes. As a minor bonus, the longer a play goes on, the better chance Daniels has to run into more space. And of course chip blockers helping seal the edge helps Daniels get out of the pocket more often - resulting in more chances to run, and more time for dbs to cover.
If we show a willingness to do this often, including significantly reducing our rushing attempts, perhaps we see defenses begin to back off the LOS, thus opening up the ground game, screens and quick hitters. Or maybe it all backfires. Who knows.

BTW, you definitely hit on a fundamental personnel problem we have - we’re lacking pass catchers that can win.
 
We can start our bye week (for the starters) really soon. Maybe we should get Lattimore some warm up reps in the second half?

BAD IDEA JEANS
 
I haven’t bought a jersey since Monte Coleman. Mikey Sainristil is making me rethink that. ❤️
 
Xameil said:
I'm going to get crucified for this. But these black jerseys are starting to grow on me
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They aren’t bad…just different and people don’t like change. I would like them more with the burgundy pants
 
Dammit- there goes our shutout!
 
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