So I've heard a lot of complaining about the play calling today. How much of it is warranted?
With 2 minutes left to go at half time and down by 4, caling a run up the middle seems pretty lame. Thats on Kubiak for sure. Wasted opportunity, and very interesting considering we lost by 4.
But what about the rest of the calls? What about all the short dump offs? What about the routes on 3rd and 5 where the receivers gained about 3 yards? Who is that on?
Is it Kubiak's fault? I mean, with 5 receivers, I'm sure some of them were running deep patterns. Can you blame Kubiak that Carr chose to throw to the guys under the coverage?
Is it Carr's fault? Is he the one choosing who to throw to, and choosing to throw all the dinks and dunks? I mean, Kubiak is the great QB coach, and he is a west coach guy, so is it fair to criticize Carr for plays that Kubiak is calling and coaching him on?
Is it the receivers fault? Are they not getting separation? Moulds was 1 on one 1 with McQuarters, and AJ was 1 on 1 a few times too, and they were letting scrub DBs stick right with them. For as good as our WRs supposedly are, I NEVER see them wide open. They are always making catches in traffic. But is it fair to criticize them for the bad plays when they may not even be involved at all?
The way I look at it, unless you go back and watch the gamefilm, it is impossible to criticize Carr, Kubiak, or the WRs. Maybe Kubiak chose plays where Carr is supposed to make a decision, but Carr has too little confidence to go for the big play. Maybe the WRs aren't getting open. Maybe Kubiak is calling 3 and 5 step drop and throw plays. Its tough to tell, but I'd love someone to give me some insight if they have it.
With 2 minutes left to go at half time and down by 4, caling a run up the middle seems pretty lame. Thats on Kubiak for sure. Wasted opportunity, and very interesting considering we lost by 4.
But what about the rest of the calls? What about all the short dump offs? What about the routes on 3rd and 5 where the receivers gained about 3 yards? Who is that on?
Is it Kubiak's fault? I mean, with 5 receivers, I'm sure some of them were running deep patterns. Can you blame Kubiak that Carr chose to throw to the guys under the coverage?
Is it Carr's fault? Is he the one choosing who to throw to, and choosing to throw all the dinks and dunks? I mean, Kubiak is the great QB coach, and he is a west coach guy, so is it fair to criticize Carr for plays that Kubiak is calling and coaching him on?
Is it the receivers fault? Are they not getting separation? Moulds was 1 on one 1 with McQuarters, and AJ was 1 on 1 a few times too, and they were letting scrub DBs stick right with them. For as good as our WRs supposedly are, I NEVER see them wide open. They are always making catches in traffic. But is it fair to criticize them for the bad plays when they may not even be involved at all?
The way I look at it, unless you go back and watch the gamefilm, it is impossible to criticize Carr, Kubiak, or the WRs. Maybe Kubiak chose plays where Carr is supposed to make a decision, but Carr has too little confidence to go for the big play. Maybe the WRs aren't getting open. Maybe Kubiak is calling 3 and 5 step drop and throw plays. Its tough to tell, but I'd love someone to give me some insight if they have it.