veganfan21 wrote:
NME wrote:
veganfan21 wrote:
NME wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
NME wrote:
Bad play calling put us in position to lose. Nagy should have attacked the Eagles secondary all game. And Fangio should have tried to find ways to get pressure up the middle against a pocket passer instead of letting him pick the D apart. Just dumb play calling all game long and that set us up for needing our shitty kicker to lose us the game.
Nagy pulled an Andy Reid.
And Fangio pulled a Lovie Smith in not consistently attacking an immobile QB who looked like shit when the Bears did pressure him.
Conservative playcalling does not work in the playoffs.
I won’t mind if Fangio returns, he’s done a great job. But if he leaves, this is why I won’t mind either.
Overdramatic reaction here. They gave up 16 points, seven of which came on a short field after a bad punt. The offense went three and out a bit which gassed the defense. Despite all that, they only gave up 16 which is around what they averaged all year. That average led the league. The loss is on the offense and the GM for failing to find a good kicker.
Nope. Fangio’s conservative bend but don’t break defenses have cost us other games too. There’s a pattern there. It’s not about how many they score, it’s about giving up scores when you absolutely cannot afford to. And Fangio’s defensive play calling is good for letting that happen.
NFL teams, particularly playoff teams, are going to score on you, no matter how good the defense is. Especially in an era of rules designed to facilitate high scoring games. You're holding fangio to an impossible standard (no scores whatsoever when you can't afford it). 16 yielded is just fine.
I’m not holding Fangio to an impossible standard at all. I’m asking for the coach to do what is necessary during a game to put his players in the best position to succeed. Not swapping Mack around more (when we saw him move Mack around all year) when Mack was clearly struggling against Peters, and not attacking an immobile QB up the middle to force him to move around more (for example) on key drives is not doing those things.
He did this in the Miami game as well as the games against the Patriots and the 1st Packers game.. You cannot sit back all the time and constantly give the opponent chances to pick you apart on defense in close games because this is what happens more often than not when you do. He was criticized for this in San Fran as well so this isn’t news breaking stuff I’m pointing out here.