You gonna promise the coaching staff they get to keep their jobs even if they lose?
If not, you can't ask them to implement developmental game plans.
MiddleNameIsJoe
joined 2 years ago
Fields isn't good at those.
I can pull up several pre-draft scouting reports that specifically talk about how he struggles to hit blitz-beating routes down field
The play calls had to be like that because of fields' weaknesses.
He's notorious for being unable to identify and hit hot routes against the blitz. It was all over his pre-draft scouting reports. We saw it all through the last Minnesota game.
The majority of our normal dropbacks against blitzes tonight went badly.
Justin Fields can't take advantage of it. That's why we have to call screens.
From his scouting reports:
https://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2021jfields.php
"Can freeze when seeing the blitz Must get better at passing in the face of the rush Blitz recognition needs work"
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/justin-fields/32004649-4576-9504-963d-c33127e80752
"Field vision is average in face of the blitz. Missed open blitz beaters in the middle of the field against Indiana. Gradual operation time prevents expedited release."
No matter what else happened before it, the game was on the line and the QB made a play. That's how you win in the NFL.
He may not do it often, but I won't deny he did it tonight.
(the screens are working better than the non-screens)
Just a textbook game for how Fields manages to make his box score line look ok but fails in key situations.
That's in the grasp all day.
Mooney was open. Fields missed him.
Fields did a good job there of seeing the screen was covered and eating it instead of forcing it.
Beating the blitz isn't about the OL. It's not about the playcalling. It's about the QB. When fields has done it right tonight, the ball has moved. When he's frozen up or misread the play, it hasn't.
He owns whatever happens from here.
Yes to both