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kcirdor said

We also ran the screen several times against Prevent Defense. The screen absolutely worked when the defense was playing aggressive, but in the red zone, and at the end of the game when the defense isn't playing aggressive we should not be calling screens every 3 plays.

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But, when you are playing an aggressive team like Arizona the screen is the best way to attack them. Yes, you will sometimes run the screen when they are not blitzing and get stuffed, but more times than not, the screen game worked on Sunday. Ad in the fact that Arizona also has very good DBs and the best way to attack them was the screen. When I watched the game I too thought they were running way too many screens, but in retrospect, it was working. The problem was nobody other than Coleman stepped up in the red zone. I mean, Brees threw for 355 yards. The problem was we could not run the ball in the red zone (2.7 YPC rushing) and we could not get receivers open in the endzone. Which is why Brees had 355 yards passing, but only one TD.

Part of the problem there is Colston appears to be done. He has lost a step and he is having even more trouble catching and holding onto the ball. He should be a red zone threat, but he's not anymore.